Stabilizer Bar

GOLF CARAT, GTI, GTO MODELS WITH SPORT CHASSIS AND JETTA Removal PROCEDURE 1. Set the vehicle on the parking brake. 2. Loosen the wheel bolts. 3. Raise the front of the vehicle and support it on stands. 4. Remove the wheels. 5. Unscrew nuts 23 (refer to the Front Suspension illustration) from both sides of stabilizer bar 5. 6. Install a support under beam 13. 7. Unscrew bolts 12. 8. Loosen bolts 32 and set control arms 15 to the horizontal position. 9. Remove stabilizer bar 5 together with links 8 and rubber mounts 6. 10. Remove links 8 from stabilizer bar 5. 11. Remove rubber mounts 6 from the stabilizer bar. Installation PROCEDURE 1. Inspect the stabilizer bar. If it is bent, replace it. 2. Inspect rubber mounts 6 and joints 10 and 11. If they are worn or damaged, replace them. 3. Install the stabilizer bar in the reverse order of removal. 4. Install joints 10 and 11 with the small diameter facing cups 9 of the joints, and the flange of cups 9 must face the opposite direction. 5. Tighten bolt 32 to 130 N·m only after the vehicle is lowered to the ground, rocking the vehicle several times in the vertical position and rolling it back and forth several times.