Control Arm: Service and Repair

Lower Control Arm

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Torque wrench (V.A.G 1332)

• Engine/transmission jack (V.A.G 1383 A)

• Socket (T10188)

• Mount (T10149)

• Tensioning strap (T10038)

• Tensioner hooks (VW 552)

• Ball joint puller (T10187)

Removing


Before starting work, stabilizer bars must be coupled in vehicles with decouplable stabilizer bars. Otherwise, there is the danger of injury caused by unintentional coupling.

- Remove wheel.

- Remove wheel housing liner.

- Hook in (VW 552) in upper opening of wheel housing - arrow A - and in upper control arm - arrow B -.





- Lightly pre-tension control arm to prevent damage to ball stud caused by ball joint.

- Remove suspension strut - 1 - from lower control arm.





- Loosen nut on lower control arm and press off ball stud using (T10187).

- Remove nut.

- Remove lower control arm from subframe and remove from wheel bearing housing.

Installing

Installation is performed in the reverse order of removal.

Threaded connection of suspension strut/lower control arm must be tightened in curb weight position. Refer to => [ Wheel Bearing, Bringing to Curb Weight Position ] Procedures.

- Install wheel and tighten. Refer to => [ Wheel Bolt Tightening Specification ] [1][2]Specifications.

- Tighten threaded connection for lower control arm/subframe only during vehicle alignment.

- Perform vehicle alignment. Refer to => [ Wheel Alignment ] Wheel Alignment.

Tightening Specifications