Removing Front-Axle Carrier
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- Remove heat shields.
Heat shield on front-axle carrier
- 1.1 Remove screws -1 and 2- .
- 1.2 Remove left and right heat shields.
- Loosen control arm -1-
from front-axle carrier.
Control arm at front-axle carrier
- 2.1 Unscrew screw securing control arm to front-axle carrier -2- , counter at the nut -3- and make sure not to damage the brake lines -4- .
- 2.2 Swivel control arm -1- away from the front-axle carrier towards the wheel housing.
- 2.3 Secure control arm -1- at a suitable position using welding wire, for example.
- Remove struts -1-
on both sides of the vehicle.
Strut
- 3.1 Unscrew screw for strut -2- .
- 3.2 Unscrew nut on strut -3- .
- 3.3 Guide threaded bolt of strut -1- out of the front-axle carrier and remove strut -1- .
- Open locking lug -1-
with a screwdriver, open housing cover -2-
on the right longitudinal member and remove it.
Housing cover
- Disconnect electric lines on the right longitudinal member.
Electric lines on right longitudinal member
- 5.1 Unclip headlight vent line -8- at the clip -7- and set it aside.
- 5.2 Unscrew fastening nut -2- and move ground lines -1 to 6- aside.
- 5.3 Disconnect electric plug connection -5- and pull it out of the clip.
- 5.4 Unscrew fastening nut -4- , remove ground line -3- and set it aside.
- Press in locking lugs -1-
, disconnect ground line -2-
by pulling it in -direction of arrow-
and set it aside.
Ground line
- Disconnect electric wire harness -1-
from front-axle carrier.
Electric wire harness on front-axle carrier
- 7.1 Unclip electric plug connection for engine mount -2- from line bracket -3- .
- 7.2 Unscrew nut on line bracket -4- .
- 7.3 Remove line bracket -3- from front-axle carrier.
- 7.4 Set electric wire harness -1- aside.
- Loosen engine mount -1-
.
Engine mount screws
- 8.1 Unscrew screws on engine mount -2 and 3- .
- Prepare unit elevating platform > VAS 6832 - Master Gear unit elevating platform with the assembly fixture > VAS 6832/5 - Assembly fixture - Macan .
- Raise the elevating platform and guide front locating pins -1-
into the jacking points on the body provided for this purpose.
Locating pins are only for guiding the assembly fixture and must not be fitted.
Only for V6 biturbo engines: Do not use locating pin at the front left in direction of travel (due to accessibility of jacking point).
Lifting platform locating pins, front
- Guide rear assembly driver -1-
into the jacking points provided for this purpose on the body.
Rear assembly driver
- Remove front-axle carrier -9-
.
Screws on front-axle carrier
- 12.1 Mark installation position of front-axle carrier -9- at the positions -A to D- using a felt-tip pen.
- 12.2 Unscrew screws on front-axle carrier -1 to 8- .
- 12.3 Lower the front-axle carrier -9- on > VAS 6832 - Master Gear unit elevating platform .