Wheel Carrier R & I: Removal
- Loosen rear axle shaft collar nut prior to lifting vehicle and removing wheel. Using Remover (201 589 00 61 00), remove rear axle shaft from axle shaft flange.
- Remove brake caliper and support flexible brake hose. Remove brake disc. Remove intermediate lever of parking brake and disengage cable control. Pull out lock on hand brake cable.
- Remove camber strut-to-wheel carrier bolt. Force clamping sleeve of strut out of wheel carrier. Remove pulling strut-to-wheel carrier bolt. Force clamping sleeve of pulling strut out of wheel carrier.
- Mark position of eccentric bolt of pulling strut in relation to axle carrier. Using Wrench (201 589 00 03 00), remove strut-to-axle carrier nut. Remove complete pulling strut.
- Remove track rod-to-wheel carrier nut. Using Puller (201 589 01 33 00) and Thrust Piece (201 589 05 63 00), force track rod from wheel carrier.
- Mark position of eccentic bolt of track rod in relation to axle carrier. Remove rod-to-axle carrier nut. Remove cam disk, eccentric bolt and complete track rod.
- Remove nut of pushing strut on wheel carrier and remove with washer, contour disk and bolt. Force clamping sleeve out of wheel carrier.
- Remove nut on spring link and remove from wheel carrier. Pull complete wheel carrier from rear axle shaft.