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Exploded view of track control link, swivel joint, guide link, vehicle level sender
   
Exploded view of track control link, swivel joint, guide link, vehicle level sender
1 - Bolt
q   Always renew if removed
2 - Guide link
q   Removing and installing → Chapter
q   Different versions (with conventional or hydraulic bonded rubber bush); for correct version, refer to → Electronic parts catalogue
q   Mixed installation is not permissible
q   Renewing conventional bonded rubber bush (65 mm Ø) for guide link → Chapter
q   Renewing hydraulic bonded rubber bush (75 mm Ø) for guide link → Chapter
3 - Nut
q   70 Nm +180°
q   Always renew if removed
q   Vehicle must be in unladen position when tightening → Chapter
4 - Wheel bearing housing
5 - Bolt
q   40 Nm
q   Always renew if removed
6 - Nut
q   Always renew if removed
q   Different versions; for correct version, refer to → Electronic parts catalogue
q   Note different nut versions and tightening torques → Anchor
q   After detaching guide link from wheel bearing housing, remove residual adhesive from thread of joint pin.
7 - Swivel joint
q   Removing and installing → Chapter
q   Different versions; for correct version, refer to → Electronic parts catalogue
  Note
t  Note installation position → Anchor.
t  Insert swivel joint all the way onto contact surface on wheel bearing housing.
8 - Nut
q   Always renew if removed
q   Different versions; for correct version, refer to → Electronic parts catalogue
q   Note different nut versions and tightening torques → Anchor
q   After detaching swivel joint from wheel bearing housing, remove residual adhesive from thread of joint pin.
9 - Nut
q   90 Nm +90°
q   Always renew if removed
q   Vehicle must be in unladen position when tightening → Chapter
10 - Track control link
q   Removing and installing → Chapter
q   Different versions; for correct version, refer to → Electronic parts catalogue
q   Renewing bush for track control link → Chapter
11 - Bolt
q   Always renew if removed
12 - Nut
q   9 Nm
13 - Bolt
q   Always renew if removed
14 - Nut
q   70 Nm +180°
q   Always renew if removed
q   Vehicle must be in unladen position when tightening → Chapter
15 - Front left vehicle level sender -G78-; front right vehicle level sender -G289-
q   Always install senders of the same version
q   Remove/install and renew only as a complete assembly → Chapter
q   Lever of sender must face towards rear
q   Check basic adjustment of headlights if sender mountings are loosened → Rep. gr.94
q   If, on vehicles with electronic damping control, the vehicle level sender has been removed and refitted or the linkage detached, the reference position must be re-adapted → Chapter → Vehicle diagnostic tester.
q   If the reference position has been re-adapted on vehicles with lane departure warning, the lane departure warning control unit -J759- must be recalibrated → Chapter.
16 - Bolt
q   20 Nm
17 - Shock absorber fork

   
Nut versions for securing track control link and guide link
t  Hexagon flange nut -A- (M12) width across flats: 21 mm
Tightening torque: 145 Nm
t  Hexagon nut with washer -B- (M12) width across flats: 18 mm
Tightening torque: 110 Nm
t  Hexagon nut with washer -B- (M12) width across flats: 21 mm
Tightening torque: 120 Nm
t  Hexagon nut with washer -B- (M14) width across flats: 21 mm
Tightening torque: 140 Nm
  A40-10351

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