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Preparing The Vehicle

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  1. Drive the vehicle tension-free onto the wheel-alignment stand, ensuring that axle components are not under tension by moving the vehicle forward and backward several times if necessary.
  2. Remove hub caps -1-  from all four wheels using > 9229/1 - puller hook  .
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    Hub cap

    Information 

    Contact surfaces of the wheel hub bore -1-  must be clean and smooth. Even minor debris in the wheel hub bore can result in incorrect measurements.

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    Wheel hub bore

  3. > VAS 6918 - Quick-Clamping Unit  in the wheel hub bores on all four wheels.
  4. Fit measured-value pickups to the > VAS 6918 - Quick-Clamping Unit  on all four wheels.