Trailing Arm, Servicing

Special tools and workshop equipment required 

• Bearing Installer - Wheel Bearing: 3345 
• Bearing Installer - Control Arm: 3346 
• Bearing Installer - Control Arm - Pipe: 3346/1 
• Press Plate: VW402 
• Press Piece - Multiple Use: VW412 
• Press Piece - Trailing Arm Bushing: T10496 

-- Remove trailing arm with mounting bracket. Refer to TRAILING ARM WITH MOUNTING BRACKET, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Clamp the trailing arm -1- in the vise with protective covers.

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-- Remove the bolt -2- and remove the mounting bracket -3- from the trailing arm.

-- Mark the installation position of the bonded rubber bushing on the trailing arm.

-- To do so, make a mark over and under the bushing on the trailing arm -arrows- between the raised areas -1- as illustrated.

Pressing Out the Bonded Rubber Bushing: 

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-- Mount the tools as illustrated.

1. : VW412 
2. : 3346/1  from the : 3346 
3. Trailing Arm
4. Bonded Rubber Bushing
5. : 3345 
6. : VW401 

-- Press out the bonded rubber mount.

Installing the Bonded Rubber Bushing: 

• Position the bonded rubber bushing on the trailing arm so that the marked line -arrows- is between the raised areas -1-.
  Fig 2: Positioning Bonded Rubber Bushing On Trailing Arm

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-- Mount the tools as illustrated.

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1. : VW412 
2. : T10496 
3. Bonded Rubber Bushing
4. Trailing Arm
5. : 3345 
6. : VW402 

-- Install the bonded rubber bushing.

-- Attach the trailing arm to the mounting bracket. Refer to Figure.

-- Install trailing arm with mounting bracket. Refer to TRAILING ARM WITH MOUNTING BRACKET, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .