All Wheel Drive

Lower Track Control Arm

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Torque Wrench (40-200 Nm) (V.A.G 1332)

Removing

- Measure the dimension from the center of the wheel to the lower edge of the wheel housing. Refer to => [ Rear Subframe ] Rear Subframe.

- Remove the wheel.

- Remove the coil spring. Refer to => [ Coil Spring ] Coil Spring.

- Remove the lower track control arm bolt - arrow - and nut from the wheel bearing housing.






Vehicles with Dynamic Headlamp Range Control

- Remove the rear level control system sensor bolts - 1 - from the lower track control arm






Continuation for All

- Using, for example, a felt-tip pen, mark the position of the eccentric bolt - arrow - to the subframe.

- Disengage the rear exhaust system and lower it.

- Remove the lower track control arm bolt - arrow - and nut from the subframe.

- Remove the lower track control arm.

Installing

- Install the lower track control arm to the vehicle and tighten the bolts/nuts hand tight.

Only tighten the track control arm bolts/nuts if dimension "a" is reached. Refer to => [ Tightening of the respective bolts/nuts must then only occur after dimension between the wheel hub center and the lower edge of the wheel housing has been attained. ] Rear Subframe!

- Tighten the lower track control arm to subframe nut to specification.






- Observe the applied marking for the eccentric bolt - arrow - to the subframe.

- Install the rear exhaust system.

Vehicles with Dynamic Headlamp Range Control

- Install the rear level control system sensor bolts - 1 - to the lower track control arm.

Continuation for All

- Tighten the lower track control arm bolt - arrow - to the wheel bearing housing.






- Install the coil spring. Refer to => [ Coil Spring ] Coil Spring.

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

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

Tightening Specifications