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Removing Lower Trailing Arm

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  1. Unscrew nut -1-  and remove connecting link for front angle sensor for headlight beam adjustment -2-  from the lower trailing arm.
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    Front angle sensor for headlight beam adjustment on lower trailing arm

  2. Loosen lower trailing arm -1-  .
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    Lower trailing arm

    1. 2.1 Loosen lower trailing arm -1-  from spring strut forks.
      1. 2.1.1 Counter at nut -2-  and unscrew and remove screw on spring strut fork -3-  .
    2. 2.2 Loosen lower trailing arm -1-  from front-axle carrier.
      1. 2.2.1 Unscrew screw securing lower trailing arm to front-axle carrier -4-  and counter at nut -5-  at the same time.
      2. 2.2.2 Remove lower trailing arm -1-  from front-axle carrier.
  3. Loosen tie-rod ball -1-  from the wheel bearing housing -2-  .
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    Tie-rod ball on wheel bearing housing

    1. 3.1 Unscrew nut -3-  as far as required from joint pin for tie-rod ball -4-  until it is flush with the upper edge of the joint pin -4-  .
    2. 3.2 Press off joint pin for tie-rod ball -4-  using > T40010A - ball joint puller  .
    3. 3.3 Unscrew nut -3-  from joint pin for tie-rod ball -4-  , counter at the hexagon socket of the joint pin -4-  and remove tie-rod ball -1-  from the wheel bearing housing -2-  .
  4. Remove lower trailing arm -1-  .
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    Lower trailing arm on wheel bearing housing

    1. 4.1 Unscrew nut -2-  from joint pin for lower trailing arm as far as required until it is flush with the upper edge of the joint pin.
    2. 4.2 Use > T40010A - ball joint puller  to press lower trailing arm off trailing arm joint -3-  .
    3. 4.3 Unscrew nut -2-  from joint pin for lower trailing arm, counter at the hexagon socket of the joint pin and remove lower trailing arm -1-  from lower trailing arm joint -3-  .
    4. 4.4 Remove lower trailing arm -1-  .
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