SUBFRAME Bonded Rubber Bushings

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Installation device 3372
Thrust plate VW 401
Punch VW 407
Thrust piece VW 432
Assembly tool T10214
Assembly tool T10267
Tube from assembly tool T10244/3

-- Remove subframe. Refer to SUBFRAME .

-- Remove pendulum support from subframe.

Pressing Out the Bonded Rubber Bushing

Fig 1: Assembly Tool T10267 Attached To Subframe

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-- Install T10267 -4- on subframe. Secure safety bolts using securing pins.

Punch VW 407
Thrust piece 3372/1
VW 401
T10267
Tube T10244/3

-- Press out both bonded rubber bushings at the same time as depicted in the illustration.

NOTE:

Flat side of 3372/1 must face insert -A- on T10267, otherwise insert may be damaged.

T10244/3 has a larger and a smaller inner diameter. Subframe must contact larger inner diameter of T10244/3.

Pressing In the Bonded Rubber Bushing

Fig 2: Both Bonded Rubber Bushings Bolted Onto Original Bolt

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-- Bolt both bonded rubber bushings with original bolt, cutouts -arrows- must align when doing this.

-- Insert bolted bonded rubber bushings, with bolt head downward, into large diameter of tube T10214/2.

Fig 3: Bolted Bonded Rubber Bushings Placed Into Larger Diameter Of Tube T10214/2 With Bolt Head Facing Downward

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VW 432
Thrust piece T10214/3 without bolts
Bonded rubber mount
T10214/2
Tube T10214/1
VW 401

-- Press bonded rubber bushing -1- in until dimension -a- has been obtained.

Fig 4: Bonded Rubber Bushing Pressed In

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Dimension -a- = 2 - 3 mm.

-- Align T10214/2 on subframe with pressed in bonded rubber bushings. Edges of bonded rubber bushing inner core -1- must run on imaginary line parallel to edge of T10267 -2-.

Fig 5: Tube T10214/2 Aligned With Pressed In Bonded Rubber Bushings On Subframe

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Distance -a- must be identical at left and right to guarantee parallelism.

-- Subframe makes contact on smaller inner diameter of T10244/3.

-- Press in bearing on stop and until a pressing force of 20 kN has been obtained.

Fig 6: Mounting Pressed Onto Stop And Continue Pressing Until A Force Of 20 kN Is Achieved

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VW 407
T10214/3
T10214/2
T10267
T10244/3

-- Remove T10267 from subframe and check seating of the pressed in bonded rubber bushing.

The outer diameter -1- of both bonded rubber bushings must project up to 2 mm beyond edge in area of opening for pendulum support.

Fig 7: Identifying Outer Diameter Of Both Bonded Rubber Bushings And Pendulum Support Opening
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Cutouts of bonded rubber bushings must lie at center in opening of subframe.
Gap -arrow- between bonded rubber bushings is permissible.

-- Install subframe. Refer to SUBFRAME .