Upper Transverse Link, Removing And Installing: Removing
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2017 Audi A3, 2016 Audi A3, and 2015 Audi A3. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
-- 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 .
-- Vehicles With AWD: Disengage and free up the line -1- from the bracket -2-.
-- Remove the nut -6- and the washer -5-.
-- Remove the bolt -3- and if equipped, the washer -4-.
-- Mark the position of eccentric bolt -3- to the subframe using, for example, a felt-tip marker.
-- Remove the nut -2- and the eccentric bolt -3-.
-- Remove upper transverse link -1-.