Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Special tools and workshop equipment required

• ◆ Thrust plate VW 401
• ◆ Thrust plate VW 402
• ◆ Press tool VW 408 A
• ◆ Press tool VW 411
• ◆ Thrust pad VW 447 i
• ◆ Pressing-off tube 30-14

• ◆ Base 40-103
• ◆ Special tool 3098
• ◆ Workshop press V.A.G 1290 A

• ‒ Remove front wishbone .

Pressing out wishbone front bush

• ‒ Cut off outer rubber bead of bush to create a resting surface.
• ‒ Rest this surface of wishbone on plate - VW 402 -.
• ‒ → Press out bush using workshop press V.A.G 1290 A.

Pressing in wishbone front bush

Notes:

• ◆ Press in using acid-free assembly lubricant G 294 421 A1
  =>General notes, Page 40-33.
• ◆ Never use grease.

• ‒ Place wishbone eye on a flat surface.
• ‒ → Start by pressing in bush with workshop press V.A.G 1290 A as far as stop.

• ‒ → Press bush further until rubber bead on underside is completely visible -arrow-.

Pressing out wishbone rear bush

• ‒ → Apply special tools shown and press out bush using workshop press V.A.G 1290 A.

Installation position of rear bush in left wishbone

•     A -    → Part number
•     B -    "Kidney-shaped recess", larger kidney-shaped recess faces forwards in direction of travel
•     C -    Machined surface; press in bush flush with this surface
•     F -    Direction of travel

• ‒ Heed differences in shape of recesses -arrows-.

Installation position of rear bush in right wishbone

•     A -    → Part number
•     B -    "Kidney-shaped recess", larger kidney-shaped recess faces forwards in direction of travel
•     C -    Machined surface; press in bush flush with this surface
•     F -    Direction of travel

• ‒ Heed differences in shape of recesses -arrows-.

Pressing in wishbone rear bush

Notes:

• ◆ Press in using acid-free assembly lubricant G 294 421 A1
  =>General notes, Page 40-33.
• ◆ Never use grease.

• ‒ → Apply special tools shown and press in bush using workshop press V.A.G 1290 A.