Lower Transverse Link, Removing And Installing: Removing

-- Before beginning work measure the distance from the center of wheel to lower edge of wheelhouse. Refer to WHEEL BEARING IN CURB WEIGHT, LIFTING VEHICLES WITH COIL SPRING .

-- Remove the wheel. Refer to WHEEL, CHANGING AND MOUNTING .

Vehicle with a Vehicle Inclination Sensor -G384- : 

-- Remove the bolts -1- at the left and right on the linkage -2- for the rear Vehicle Inclination Sensor -G384-.

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Vehicles with Stone Chip Protection: 

-- Remove the expanding rivets -1-.

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-- Remove the bolts -2- and the stone chip protection -3-.

Continuation for All Vehicles 

-- Remove coil spring. Refer to SPRING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the nut -1- and then the bolt -2- for the coupling rod -3-.

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-- Remove the nut -1- and then the bolt -2- for the shock absorber threaded connection.

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-- Remove the nut -3- and then the bolt -4- for the wheel bearing housing threaded connection.

-- Disengage rear exhaust system and lower it. Refer to OVERVIEW - MUFFLER [CNTC] / OVERVIEW - MUFFLER [CZRA] .

-- Mark the position of eccentric bolt -B- to the subframe using, for example, a felt-tip marker.

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-- Remove the nut -A- and the eccentric bolt -B-.

-- Remove lower transverse link.