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 the coupling rod for the left front level control system sensor (G78) from the control arm.

- Remove nuts - arrows -.





- Pull wheel bearing housing with ball joint out of control arm.

- Secure position for mounting bracket. Refer to => [ Securing Mounting Bracket ] Subframe, Securing.

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





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

- Now unscrew item - 10 - for left side of vehicle, item - 15 - for right side of vehicle.

- Remove left front level control system sensor coupling rod from control arm, if present.

- Remove bolts - 1 -.





- Remove control arm with mounting bracket.

Installing

- Insert control arm with mounting bracket into subframe.

- Attach - 10 - and - 15 - but do not tighten.





- Insert bolts - 1 - and tighten.





- Now replace (T10096) with a new bolt and tighten it.

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





- Bolt control arm onto console in curb weight position - 10 - and - 15 -. Refer to => [ Wheel Bearing, Lifting to Curb Weight Position ] Procedures.





Further installation is in the reverse sequence to removal.

- Install lower noise insulation.

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

Tightening Specifications