33 32 195 Replacing Rubber Mount For Camber Arm In Rear Axle Carrier

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Special tools required:

33 4 450
33 4 451
33 4 452
33 4 455
33 4 456
33 4 461
33 4 462
33 4 463
33 4 464
33 4 465
33 4 466

WARNING:

Scalding hazard!

This work may only be carried out on an exhaust system which has cooled down.

Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove coil spring. See 33 53 000 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING REAR LEFT OR RIGHT COIL SPRING
Remove camber arm from rear axle carrier. See 33 32 190 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING LEFT OR RIGHT CAMBER ARM

Removing rubber mount:

Pull out rubber mount with special tools 33 4 462, 33 4 464, 33 4 463, 33 4 466 and 33 4 465.

Fig 1: Identifying Special Tools (33 4 462), (33 4 464) & (33 4 463)

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Installing new rubber mount:

Pull rubber mount together with special tools 33 4 455, 33 4 456, 33 4 452 and 33 4 451.

Fig 2: Identifying Special Tools (33 4 455), (33 4 456) & (33 4 452)

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Draw rubber mount into rear axle carrier so that slot (1), rubber mount center point and notch (2) form a line.

Fig 3: Identifying Rubber Mount Centre Point & Notch Form Line

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Draw rubber mount as far as possible into rear axle carrier with special tools 33 4 461, 33 4 463, 33 4 466 and 33 4 465.

Remove special tool 33 4 450 CLAMPING STRAP and draw in rubber mount as far as it will go.

Fig 4: Identifying Special Tools (33 4 461), (33 4 463) & (33 4 466)

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After installation:

Perform chassis alignment check. See 32 00 ... CHASSIS/WHEEL ALIGNMENT CHECK PROCEDURE