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Running gear, axles, steering

Removing and installing coupling rod

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Special tools and workshop equipment required

Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-

Removing

  • Raise vehicle.
Removing and installing coupling rod
  • Unscrew nut -arrow- and pull coupling rod -1- off suspension strut.
Removing and installing coupling rod
  • Unscrew nut -1- from coupling rod -3-.
  • Pull coupling rod -3- out of anti-roll bar -2-.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:

Tighten nuts of coupling rod on suspension strut/anti-roll bar, if necessary, counterhold at multi-point socket head.

Specified torques

→ Chapter „Assembly overview - subframe“
Removing and installing coupling rod

Repairing thread in longitudinal member

Repairing the thread in welded nuts in the longitudinal member is possible under certain conditions; Body repair → Rep. gr.50.

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