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Renewing bonded rubber bush for suspension link > < Removing and installing suspension link with mounting bracket (left side for vehicles with DSG or automatic gearboxes)

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Removing and installing suspension link with mounting bracket (right side for vehicles with 6-cylinder engines)
Removing and installing suspension link with mounting bracket (right side for vehicles with 6-cylinder engines)
Special tools and workshop equipment required
   
t  Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-
  W00-0428
t  Locating pins -T10096-
Removing
–  Remove wheel.
–  Remove lower noise insulation → Rep. gr.50.
  W00-1128
–  Remove nuts -arrows-.
–  Pull swivel joint out of suspension link.
  N40-10005
–  Loosen bolt -10-.
–  Fix position of subframe → Chapter.
–  Remove coupling rods from anti-roll bar.
–  Now unscrew bolts for:
t  steering box -3- and -6-
t  and subframe -4- and -5-.
–  Lower subframe until bolt -10- can be unscrewed completely.
  N40-10020
–  Unscrew bolts -1- and remove suspension link with bracket.
Installing
–  Insert suspension link with mounting bracket into subframe.
  N40-10032
–  Start bolts -7- and -10-, but do not yet tighten.
–  Raise subframe back to its original position.
–  Now replace locating pins -T10096- at positions -1-, -8-, -9- and -18- with new bolts and tighten them to specified torque.
–  Screw in bolts -4- and -5- and tighten.
–  Tighten bolts -7-.
  N40-10020
–  Bolt suspension link to swivel joint and tighten -arrows-.
  N40-10005
–  Bolt suspension link to bracket in unladen state -10-.
–  Bolt coupling rods to anti-roll bar.
–  Attach lower noise insulation → Rep. gr.50.
–  Install wheel and tighten bolts or nuts → Chapter.
  N40-10020
Specified torques
ComponentSpecified 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°
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 coupling rod
t  Use new nut
t  Counterhold on multi-point socket of joint pin
20 Nm + 90°
Suspension link to bracket
t  Use new bolt
t  Tighten bolt in unladen state
70 Nm + 180°
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

   

Renewing bonded rubber bush for suspension link > < Removing and installing suspension link with mounting bracket (left side for vehicles with DSG or automatic gearboxes)