Wheel Bearing Housing Bonded Rubber Bushing

Special tools and workshop equipment required 

• Assembly Tool 3346
• Assembly Tool 3350
• Fitting Sleeve 3378
• Tappet 3390
• Torque Wrench V.A.G 1332

Removing 

-- Measure dimension from center of wheel to lower edge of wheel housing. Refer to WHEEL BEARING, LIFTING TO CURB WEIGHT POSITION .

-- Remove the wheel.

-- Remove coil spring. Refer to COIL SPRING .

-- Remove bolt -arrow- for lower transverse link -1-.

-- Remove bolt -arrow- for tie rod -3-.

Pressing Out Bonded Rubber Bushing 

-- Install tools as shown in illustration.

1. Nut 3346/3
2. 3390
3. 3350
4. Nut, commercially available
5. Spindle 3346/2

-- Remove bonded rubber bushing by turning spindle.

Pulling In Bonded Rubber Bushing 

-- Install tools as shown in illustration.

1. Nut 3346/3
2. 3346
3. Bonded Rubber Mount
4. 3378
5. Nut, Commercially Available
6. Spindle 3346/2

-- Install bonded rubber bushing by turning support arm bearing installation tool.

-- Check the installed position after installing the bonded rubber bushing.

• Dimensions -A- and -B- must be the same (each measured, if applicable, at a spot where there is no seam/burr).

-- Install the bonded rubber bushing again if dimensions -A- and -B- are different.

Use a commercially available 27 mm socket wrench in place of the 3378 to install the bonded rubber bushing.

Installing 

Installation is the reverse of removal, with special attention to the following:

Tightening specifications, refer to SUBFRAME, DIAGONAL BRACE, LOWER TRANSVERSE LINK, UPPER TRANSVERSE LINK, TIE ROD AND LEVEL CONTROL SYSTEM SENSOR ASSEMBLY OVERVIEW .

Tightening specifications, refer to WHEEL BEARING HOUSING, WHEEL BEARING UNIT, TRAILING ARM WITH MOUNTING BRACKET AND STONE DEFLECTOR ASSEMBLY OVERVIEW .

Tightening specifications, refer to SHOCK ABSORBER AND COIL SPRING ASSEMBLY OVERVIEW .

Tightening specifications, refer to STABILIZER BAR ASSEMBLY OVERVIEW .