Removing lower trailing arm
- If installed: Screw off nut -2- on level sensor.
- Separate the threaded joint for spring strut -3-
.
Mounting for lower trailing arm
- Remove tie-rod ball at the wheel carrier.
- 3.1. Screw off nut -1-
on the joint pin -2-
for the tie-rod ball until it is flush with the thread of the joint pin. Counter while loosening the nut if necessary.
Nut on tie-rod ball
- 3.2. Press tie-rod ball off the wheel bearing housing using ball-joint extractor press-out tool T40010
. → Pressing off tie-rod ball
Pressing off tie-rod ball
- 3.3. Unscrew nut.
- 3.1. Screw off nut -1-
on the joint pin -2-
for the tie-rod ball until it is flush with the thread of the joint pin. Counter while loosening the nut if necessary.
- Separate the threaded joint -1-
for the trailing arm on the front-axle carrier.
- 4.1. Press tie rod aside slightly so that the fastening screw is accessible.
- 4.2. Unscrew nut and remove fastening screw.
- 4.3. Guide lower trailing arm out of the front-axle carrier and swivel it out to the rear.NOTE:
- Make sure not to damage the bellows on the drive shaft
- To ensure that the upper trailing arm joints are not damaged, support the wheel bearing housing to prevent it from springing out too much using transmission jack WE 1082 for example .
- Press lower trailing arm off the wheel bearing housing.
Pressing off trailing arm
- 5.1. Screw off nut on joint pin for the axle joint until it is flush with the thread of the joint pin (counter while loosening the nut).
- 5.2. Press off joint pin on the trailing arm using a ball-joint extractor press-out tool T40010 .
- 5.3. Screw off nut on joint pin for the axle joint.
- Remove lower trailing arm.