Trailing Arm With Mounting Bracket: Installing

Threaded connection of trailing arm/wheel bearing housing must only be tightened when all other components (spring and strut always) of the respective wheel suspension have been already assembled. To tighten, suspension must be unloaded. Only now do the trailing arm and wheel bearing housing move into the position required -arrows-.

Fig 1: Identifying Longitudinal Control Arm And Wheel Bearing Housing Moved To Required Position

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Always perform the following work in the sequence given!

-- Install trailing arm and mounting bracket with bolts -2- on wheel bearing housing but do not yet tighten.

Fig 2: Identifying Trailing Link, Mounting Bracket, Bolts And Coupling Rod

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-- Insert coupling rod -3- in trailing arm, do not tighten nut yet.

-- Raise wheel suspension using V.A.G 1383 A and T10149 until mounting bracket makes contact on body.

-- Tighten bolts -arrows- on old impression.

Fig 3: Identifying Trailing Link, Mounting Bracket And Bolts

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-- Let down wheel suspension again using V.A.G 1383 A and remove T10149 from wheel hub.

-- Tighten bolts -2- for trailing arm to tightening specification, make sure components are in the required position when doing this. Refer to Fig 1.

Fig 4: Identifying Trailing Link, Mounting Bracket, Bolts And Coupling Rod

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-- Connect the coupling rod -1- to the wheel bearing housing and stabilizer bar.

Fig 5: Identifying Wheel Bearing Housing Bolts And Connecting Link At Trailing Arm

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-- Screw parking brake cable -1- on trailing arm -2- -arrow-.

Fig 6: Identifying Parking Brake Cable, Bolt And Trailing Link

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Vehicles with a Bracket for the Parking Brake Cable

-- Install bracket -1- by pressing in new rivet inner pin -arrow-.

Fig 7: Locating Bracket And Rivet Inner Pin

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Continuation for All Vehicles

-- Install coil spring. Refer to COIL SPRING .

-- Install the wheel and tighten the wheel bolts. Refer to WHEEL BOLT TIGHTENING SPECIFICATION .

-- Perform vehicle alignment. Refer to WHEEL ALIGNMENT .