Front Upper Control Arm, Removing and Installing

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required 

• Torque wrench V.A.G 1332
• Ring spanner insert AF 16 V.A.G 1332/14
• CV joint boot clamp tool T40067

Removing 

• Place vehicle on a hoist → Positioning Vehicle on Hoist and Wheels .
• Remove wheel covers, remove cover cap on light-alloy wheels (removal hook in vehicle tool kit).
• Remove wheel.
• Secure brake disc with a wheel bolt.

• Remove front section of the front wheel housing liner - 1  - → 66 - EXTERIOR EQUIPMENT .
• Remove nut - 4  - and bolt and remove control arm - 3  - upward.

Do not widen slit in the wheel bearing housing using a chisel or similar tool.

• Remove bolt - 2  -.

Installing 

Installation is in reverse order of removal. Observe the following when doing so:

• First tighten bolts/nuts on components with bonded rubber bushings by hand. Raise wheel bearing housing to tighten bolts/nuts → Wheel Bearing Housing, Raising to Control Position .

• Insert both front upper control arm joint pins - 2  - in the wheel bearing housing - 3  - and bend them downward as far as possible using pliers T40067.
• Tighten bolt - 1  -

• Tighten bolt on mounting bracket.
• Mount wheel and tighten → 44 - WHEELS, TIRES, VEHICLE ALIGNMENT .
• Place vehicle on wheels → Positioning Vehicle on Hoist and Wheels .