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 the wheel.

- Remove the coupling rod on the left front level control system sensor (G78) or right front level control system sensor (G289) from the control arm, if equipped.

- Remove the lower noise insulation.

- Remove the nuts - arrows -.






- Remove the control arm from the ball joint.

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

- Replace the bolt - 1 - for the left side or - 2 - for the right side using (T10096). Then tighten the 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.

- Remove the bolt - 11 - for the right side of the vehicle, or the bolt - 12 - for the left side of the vehicle.

- Remove bolts - 1 -.






- Remove control arm with mounting bracket.

Installing

- Insert control arm with mounting bracket into subframe.

- Insert bolts - 11 - and - 12 - but do not tighten.






- Insert bolts - 1 - and tighten.






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

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






- Bolt the control arm onto the subframe in curb weight position - 11 - and - 12 -. Refer to => [ Wheel Bearing, Lifting to Curb Weight Position ] Procedures.






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

Tightening Specifications