Pressing In

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-- Apply Installation Lubricant:G 294 421 A1 onto the outside of the bonded rubber bushing.

-- Press in the bonded rubber mount.

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Press Piece - Multiple Use:VW412
Bonded Rubber Bushing
Upper Control Arm
Wishbone Rubber Mount Assembly Tool - Tube:T10219/1 with the cutout upward toward the control arm
Press Plate:VW401

-- Continue to press the inner core of the bonded rubber mount until the bead -arrow- slips out of the control arm.

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Press Piece - Multiple Use:VW412
Wishbone Rubber Mount Assembly Tool-Drift:T10219/2
Upper Control Arm
Wishbone Rubber Mount Assembly Tool - Tube:T10219/1 with the cutout upward toward the control arm
Press Plate:VW401

-- Install the upper control arm. For vehicles with a steel spring shock absorber. Refer to UPPER CONTROL ARM, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, VEHICLES WITH STEEL SPRING SHOCK ABSORBERS .

-- Install the upper control arm. For vehicles with an air spring shock absorber. Refer to UPPER CONTROL ARM, VEHICLES WITH AN AIR SPRING SHOCK ABSORBER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .