Wheel Bearing Housing, Removing And Installing: Installing

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Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

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

-- Slide the wheel bearing housing onto the drive axle splines.

-- Insert both of upper control arm joint pins -2- in the wheel bearing housing and insert the bolt -1-.

Fig 1: Identifying Booth Joint Pins In Upper Control Arm

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-- Remove the adhesive residue on the ball joint and guide link stub threads.

-- Install the guide link on the wheel bearing housing and tighten.

-- Install the control arm, refer to CONTROL ARM, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

NOTE:

Push the upper control arms down as far as possible while tightening the bolts!

Fig 2: Identifying Booth Joint Pins In Upper Control Arm

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-- Tighten the bolting -1-.

-- Install the brake rotor and caliper, refer to BRAKE CALIPER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Tighten the drive axle to wheel hub threaded connection, refer to THREADED CONNECTION BETWEEN DRIVE AXLE AND WHEEL HUB, LOOSENING AND TIGHTENING .

-- 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 .