Mounting Bracket Installation Position to Trailing Arm, Adjusting

Fig 1: Adjusting the installation position of mounting bracket relative to trailing link

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Dimension -a- is 37 mm.

1 -

Trailing Arm

2 -

Mounting Bracket

Place a steel ruler as shown on the mounting bracket and adjust to the dimension given above. Make sure that the steel ruler is resting completely on the mounting bracket and is positioned at the inner edge of the trailing arm.

-- When dimension -a- has been adjusted, tighten the bolt -3-.

Installing

Install in the reverse order of removal while noting the following:

Position: trailing arm/wheel bearing housing threaded connection

Fig 2: Identifying Longitudinal Control Arm And Wheel Bearing Housing Moved To Required Position

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The trailing arm/wheel bearing housing threaded connection must only be tightened when all other components (especially the spring and strut) of the respective wheel suspension have already been assembled. To tighten, suspension must be unloaded. Only now do the trailing arm and wheel bearing housing move into the position required -arrows-.

Always perform the following steps in the sequence given!

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-- Install the trailing arm and mounting bracket with bolts -1 and 2- on wheel bearing housing but do not yet tighten.

-- Install the Support Device: VAS 6931/1 -item A- to the brake rotor -1- using two wheel bolts -2-.

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-- Position the Engine and Gearbox Jack: VAS 6931 -item B- on the support device.

CAUTION:

There is a risk of an accident when lowering or lifting the vehicle when the engine and gearbox jack is underneath it.

- Never lift or lower the vehicle when the engine and gearbox jack is underneath it.

- Never leave the engine and gearbox jack under the vehicle any longer than necessary.

-- Tighten the bolts -arrows- onto the old impression or the marking applied previously.

Fig 3: Tighten The Bolts -arrows-

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-- Secure the line -2- to the mounting bracket -1-.

-- Lower the Engine and Gearbox Jack: VAS 6931 , remove the Support Device: VAS 6931/1 .

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

-- Tighten the bolts -arrows- for trailing arm to tightening specification, while observing the required position of components. Refer to Fig 2.

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-- Install the bracket, to do so press in the inner pins -arrows-.

-- Evaluate the need for axle alignment. Refer to NEED FOR AXLE ALIGNMENT, EVALUATING .

Tightening Specifications

Refer to OVERVIEW - TRAILING ARM
Refer to OVERVIEW - UNDERBODY TRIM PANELS .
Refer to WHEELS AND TIRES