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Control Arm With Mounting Bracket






Control Arm with Mounting Bracket

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Torque Wrench (V.A.G 1332)

Locating Pins (T10096)

Removing

- Remove wheel.

- Remove lower noise insulation.

- Remove nuts - arrows -.





- Pull control arm out of lower ball joint.

- Secure position for mounting bracket => [ Securing Mounting Bracket ] Procedures.

- Replace bolt - 1 - for left side, - 8 - for right side using (T10096) and tighten locating pins to 20 Nm.





Locating pins (T10096) may only be tightened to a maximum of 20 Nm, since otherwise the threads of the locating bolts will be damaged.

- Now remove - 10 - for left side of vehicle, - 17 - for right side of vehicle.

- Remove bolts - 1 -.





- Remove control arm with mounting bracket.

Installing

- Insert control arm with mounting bracket into subframe.

- Install - 7 - and - 17 - but do not tighten.





- Insert bolts - 1 - and tighten.





- Replace the (T10096) with a new bolt and tighten the bolt to the tightening specification.

- Bolt control arm tightly to ball joint - arrows -.





- Bolt control arm tightly to bracket in curb weight position - 10 - and - 17 -.





Further installation is in the reverse sequence to removal.

Make sure that the ball joint boot is not damaged or twisted.

- Install lower noise insulation.

- Install wheel and tighten. Refer to => [ Wheel Bolt Tightening Specification ] Specifications.

Tightening Specifications