Rear SUBFRAME Mount, Replacing: Installing

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Install in the reverse order of removal while noting the following:

-- Position the Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece: T10620/9 -E- with the collar side on the subframe -2-.

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-- Position the rear subframe bearing -1- to the subframe -2-.

-- Install the Assembly Tool - Spindle: T10620/11 -B- in the Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece: T10620/9 -E-.

-- Align the rear subframe bearing -1- to the subframe -2- as shown with the lines.

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-- The stabilizer bar mount -4- and the edges -arrow- of the rear subframe bearing -1- are parallel to each other.

-- Pay attention that the Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece: T10620/9 -E- is seated correctly on the edge of the subframe -2-.

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-- Slide the Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece: T10620/10 -F- on the Spindle: T10620/11 -B-.

-- Position the Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece: T10620/10 -F- on the cover -3-.

Conditions

The long side of the cover -3- is seated parallel to the direction of travel.

-- Push the Hydraulic Press: VAS 6178 -V- on the Spindle: T10620/11 -B-.

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-- Install the Nut: T10205/8-2 -U- on the Spindle: T10620/11 -B- and tighten hand-tight.

-- Pretension the tools and the bearing at the rear subframe -1- via the Nut: T10205/8-2 -U-.

-- Align the tools again and tighten the Nut: T10205/8-2 -U-.

-- The guide from the Bearing Installer - Wheel Hub/Bearing Kit - Nut: T10205/8-2 -U- must be seated in the Bearing Installer - Wheel Hub/Bearing Kit -Thrust Piece: T10205/13 -W-.

-- Operate the Pneumatic/Hydraulic Foot Pump: VAS 6179 . Press in the rear subframe bearing -1- using the Hydraulic Press: VAS 6178 -V- until the collar is positioned "without play" on the subframe -2-.