Volkswagen Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing suspension link with mounting bracket (left side for vehicles with DSG or automatic gearboxes) Special tools and workshop equipment required

t  Locating pins -T10096-

t  Engine and gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A- Removing –  Remove front left wheel. –  Remove lower noise insulation → General body repairs, exterior; Rep. gr.50. –  Detach exhaust system bracket from subframe. Vehicles with front-wheel drive

–  Remove bolts -arrows- from heat shield. –  Remove heat shield from subframe. Continuation for all vehicles

–  Disconnect pendulum support from gearbox by removing bolts -14-. –  If present, detach coupling rod of front left vehicle level sender -G78- from suspension link. –  Fix position of subframe → Chapter.

–  Remove nuts -arrows-.

–  Loosen bolt -17-. –  Now unscrew bolts for: t  steering box -3- and -6- t  anti-roll bar -11- and -16- .

–  Position engine and gearbox jack-V.A.G 1383 A- under subframe. –  Place, for example, a wooden block -1- between engine and gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A- and subframe.

–  Remove bolts -2-, -4-, -5- and -12- and lower subframe with brackets as far as necessary. –  At the same time, lever dowel sleeves of steering box out of left bracket. –  Remove bolt -17- and remove suspension link from bracket. Installing Install in reverse order.   Note t  Ensure proper seating of dowel sleeves for steering box in suspension bracket. t  Ensure that bellows are not damaged or twisted. –  Install lower noise insulation → General body repairs, exterior; Rep. gr.50. –  Install wheel and tighten bolts or nuts → Chapter.

Specified torques

Component	Specified torque
Subframe to body t  Use new bolts	70 Nm + 90°
Bracket to body t  Use new bolts	70 Nm + 90°
Mounting bracket to body t  Use new bolts	70 Nm + 90°
Mounting bracket to bracket t  Use new bolts	50 Nm + 90°
Subframe to bracket t  Use new bolts	70 Nm + 90°
Swivel joint to cast steel suspension link t  Use new nuts	60 Nm
Swivel joint to sheet steel or forged aluminium suspension link t  Use new nuts	100 Nm
Anti-roll bar to subframe t  Use new bolts	20 Nm + 90°
Shield to subframe t  Bolt M6 is self-locking	6 Nm
Steering box to subframe t  Use new bolts t  Always renew clamp on 1st and 2nd generation steering boxes	50 Nm + 90°
Exhaust system bracket to subframe → Engine; Rep. gr.26

Specified torques for pendulum support to gearbox

Caution From model year 08, HeliCoil inserts are installed in the pendulum support connection in the 02Q gearboxes. Identification → Rep. gr.34. Use a bolt with hardness class 10.9 for this and all other gearboxes. If there is no HeliCoil insert in the 02Q gearbox, use bolts with the strength class 8.8 and the corresponding torque setting.

Bolt	Specified torque
M10 x 35 strength class 8.8 t  Use new bolt	40 Nm + 90° further
M10 x 35 strength class 10.9 t  Use new bolt	50 Nm + 90° further
M10 x 75 strength class 8.8 t  Use new bolt	40 Nm + 90° further
M10 x 75 strength class 10.9 t  Use new bolt	50 Nm + 90° further