SUBFRAME, Removing And Installing: Installing

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Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

Tightening specifications, refer to OVERVIEW - SUBFRAME, CROSSBRACE, STABILIZER BAR, COUPLING ROD AND SUBFRAME SHIELD .

Tightening specifications, refer to OVERVIEW - SUSPENSION STRUT WITH MOUNTING BRACKET, SHOCK ABSORBER FORK, UPPER CONTROL ARM AND TOWER BRACE .

Tightening specifications, refer to OVERVIEW - CONTROL ARM, BALL JOINT, GUIDE LINK AND LEVEL CONTROL SYSTEM SENSOR .

Tightening specifications, refer to OVERVIEW - WHEEL BEARING HOUSING AND WHEEL BEARING UNIT .

Subframe Bolting Procedure:

Fig 1: Identifying Bolts -1- Through -8- & Subframe

Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, LLC

-- Insert the subframe and align according to the markings -A- and -B- made earlier. Tighten bolts -2- and -3- to the specification.

-- Press the subframe at the markings -C- or -D- and tighten the bolts -5- and -8- to the specification.

-- Insert the bolts -1-, -4-, -6- and -7- and tighten to the specification.

-- Tighten the bolts -1- through -8- with an additional turn.

NOTE:

Bonded rubber bushings have a limited range of motion. Only tighten suspension screws when vehicle is in curb weight or control position.

Wheel bearing, lifting to curb weight position on vehicles with coil springs, refer to WHEEL BEARING IN CURB WEIGHT, LIFTING VEHICLES WITH COIL SPRING .

-- On vehicles with automatic headlamp range control system, perform a basic setting on the headlamps, refer to HID HEADLAMP, ADJUSTING, ADJUSTING, USA VEHICLES or HID HEADLAMPS, ADJUSTING, REST-OF-WORLD VEHICLES .

-- If the level control system sensor was removed and installed on a vehicle with electronically controlled damping or if the linkage was loosened, the control position must be reprogrammed using the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester, refer to CONTROL POSITION, REPROGRAMMING USING Vehicle Diagnostic Tester .

-- If the control position was reprogrammed on vehicles with lane assist, the Directional Stabilization Assistance Control Module -J759- must be calibrated again, refer to CALIBRATION PROCEDURE .

-- Tighten the wheel, wheel bolt tightening specification: 140 Nm. Refer to AUDI SQ5 TYPE 8R, MY 2012 - 2015 .

-- To determine if an axle alignment is required, see Table, refer to WHEN A VEHICLE ALIGNMENT IS NECESSARY .