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Installing > < Removing and installing wishbone with suspension bracket (vehicles with fabricated wishbone and bolt-on swivel joint)

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Removing
Removing
–  Lift vehicle far enough to take weight off front wheels.
–  Loosen 12-point nut using 36 mm socket -T10125-.
–  Remove front wheels.
–  Mark positions of bolts securing swivel joint to wishbone.
   
–  Remove bolts -arrows-.
–  Pull wheel bearing housing with swivel joint out of wishbone.
  S40-0160
–  Pivot suspension strut outwards and hold in place with a wooden block or similar -1-; at the same time pull drive shaft out of wheel bearing.
  Note!
If the drive shaft cannot be pulled out of the wheel bearing by hand, use press tool -3283-.
–  Tie up drive shaft to body with wire.
The drive shaft must not hang down under its own weight.
Otherwise the inner joint will be bent too far and will be damaged.
  S40-0161
–  Remove bolts -arrows-.
  S40-0165
–  Remove hexagon nut -1- from coupling rod (left and right sides).
–  Pull coupling rod -3- out of anti-roll bar -2- (left and right sides).
  S48-0113
–  Remove bolts -arrows-.
–  Locate subframe → Chapter.
–  Pull wishbone with suspension bracket out of subframe.
  A40-0332

Installing > < Removing and installing wishbone with suspension bracket (vehicles with fabricated wishbone and bolt-on swivel joint)