Lower Transverse Link, Removing And Installing: Removing

-- Before starting the procedures, determine the curb weight position. Refer to VEHICLES WITH COIL SPRINGS, CHECKING THE CURB WEIGHT POSITION FOR AXLE ALIGNMENT .

-- Remove the wheel. Refer to WHEELS AND TIRES .

Vehicles with left level control system sensor 

Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, LLC

-- Remove the bolts -1- and free up the linkage -2- for the rear level control system sensor.

Vehicles with stone chip protection 

Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, LLC

-- Remove the expanding rivets -1-.

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

Continuation for all vehicles 

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

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

Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, LLC

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

Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, LLC

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

Vehicles with a gasoline engine: 

-- Remove the muffler. Refer to OVERVIEW - MUFFLER .

Continuation for all vehicles 

Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, LLC

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

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

-- Remove the lower transverse link.