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Running gear, axles, steering

Repairing trailing arm

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Repairing trailing arm

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Tube for wheel bearing -3345-

Assembly tool -3346-

Thrust plate -VW 402-

Press tool -VW 412-

Thrust piece -T10496-


  • Remove trailing arm with mounting bracket → Chapter.
  • Clamp trailing arm -1- in vice using protective jaw covers.
  • Undo bolt -2- and remove mounting bracket -3- from trailing arm.
Repairing trailing arm

Pressing out bonded rubber bush

  • Fit tools as shown in illustration.
1 - Press tool -VW 412-
2 - Tube -3346/1- from assembly tool -3346- (the deep recess must face the bonded rubber bush)
3 - Trailing arm
4 - Bonded rubber bush
5 - Tube for wheel bearing -3345-
6 - Thrust plate -VW 402-
  • Press out bonded rubber bush.
Repairing trailing arm

Pressing in bonded rubber bush

  • Mark position of bonded rubber bush on trailing arm using a set square.
  • Position outer edge of set square on upper radius of hole -1- and on lower radius of hole -2-.
  • Make a mark above and below the trailing arm bush respectively -arrows-.
a - 90°
Repairing trailing arm
Position bonded rubber bush on trailing arm so that marked line -arrows- lies between the ribs -1-. Note Take great care to ensure that the installation position of the bonded rubber bush is correct relative to the bush in the trailing arm.
Repairing trailing arm
  • Fit tools as shown in illustration.
1 - Press tool -VW 412-
2 - Thrust piece -T10496-
3 - Bonded rubber bush
4 - Trailing arm
5 - Tube for wheel bearing -3345-
6 - Thrust plate -VW 402-
  • Pressing in bonded rubber bush.

Determining position of mounting bracket in relation to trailing arm
Repairing trailing arm
  • Clamp trailing arm -2- in vice using protective jaw covers.
  • Position mounting bracket -1- on trailing arm -2-.
  • Screw in bolt -3-
  • Set dimension -a- to 37 mm and tighten bolt -3-.
  • Install trailing arm with mounting bracket → Chapter.
Repairing trailing arm

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