Lower Transverse Link, Removing And Installing: Removing

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2023 Volkswagen Arteon. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

-- Loosen the wheel bolts.

-- Raise the vehicle.

-- Remove the wheel.

Vehicles with Level Control System Sensor

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-- Remove the bolts -1-.

-- Remove the Left Rear Level Control System Sensor -- -2- bracket.

Vehicles with Trim Panel at the Transverse Link

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-- Remove the expanding rivets -1-.

-- Remove the bolts -2- for the trim panel -3-.

Continuation for all vehicles

-- Remove the spring. Refer to SPRING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Disengage the rear exhaust system and lower it. Refer to OVERVIEW - MUFFLER, PASSAT, ARTEON .

-- Mark the position of the eccentric screw -2- in relation to the subframe, for example using a felt-tip pen.

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-- Unscrew the nut -1- and remove the bolt -2-.

-- Remove the lower transverse link.