Lower Control Arm, Removing And Installing, Vehicles With Manual Transmission Or DSG Transmission 0CW: Notes

Removing

-- Loosen the wheel bolts.

-- Raise the vehicle.

-- Remove the wheel.

-- Remove the noise insulation. Refer to OVERVIEW - NOISE INSULATION .

-- Loosen the wheel housing liner in the rear area and fold forward.

Vehicles with Level Control System Sensor

Fig 1: Remove the Stone Chip Protection

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-- Press the pins -arrows- inward and remove the expanding rivets -2-.

-- Remove the trim panel -1-.

-- Remove the nut -1-.

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-- Remove the bracket -2- for the Left Front Level Control System Sensor -G78- or Right Front Level Control Sensor -G289- from the control arm -3-.

Continuation for all vehicles

-- Remove the nuts -arrows-.

Fig 2: Identifying Nuts -Arrows- On Left And Right Side Of Vehicle, Removal

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-- Remove the control arm from the ball joint and then turn the wheel bearing housing toward the outside to take the load off the control arm.

-- Remove the bolts -arrows-.

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-- Swivel the control arm -1- toward the rear and then remove it from the subframe in -direction of arrow-.

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