Rear SUBFRAME Mount, Replacing: Removing

-- Grease the threads of the Bearing Installer - Wheel Hub/Bearing Kit - Thrust Piece:T10205/13  -W-.

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-- Install the Bearing Installer - Wheel Hub/Bearing Kit - Thrust Piece:T10205/13  -W- in the Hydraulic Press:VAS 6178  -V-.

-- Install the Bearing Installer - Wheel Hub/Bearing Kit - Thrust Piece:T10205/13  -W- all the way.

-- Lower the rear axle rear section. Refer to Rear Axle, Lowering  .

-- Completely remove the rear subframe bolts.

-- Secure the stabilizer bar -2- on the Engine and Gearbox Jack:VAS 6931  -B-.

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-- Pry out the cover -1- with an extractor lever -X- on the subframe -2-.

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-- Use the engine and gearbox jack to lower the subframe a maximum of 35 mm.

-- Attach the Thrust Piece:T10620/8  -A- to the rear subframe bearing -1-.

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-- Install the Assembly Tool - Spindle:T10620/11  -B- in the Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece:T10620/8  -A-.

Conditions

• The distance -a- between the subframe -2- and the vehicle body -3- is 35 mm.

-- Position the Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece:T10620/2  -C- on the Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece:T10620/5  -D-.

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-- The guide from the Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece:T10620/2  -C- must engage in the hole -arrow-.

Conditions

• The straight edges lay over each other.

-- Push the Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece:T10620/5  -D- together with Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece:T10620/2  -C- on the Assembly Tool - Spindle:T10620/11  -B-.

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-- The straight edges -arrow- of the Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece:T10620/5  -D- and Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece:T10620/2  -C- point to the mount for the stabilizer bar -3- on the subframe -2-.

-- The inner edges of the Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece:T10620/2  -C- must be positioned between the recesses on the bearing -1- on the subframe -2-.

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Conditions

• The inner edge from the Assembly Tool - Thrust Piece:T10620/2  -C- must contact the subframe -2-.

-- 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-.

-- The Bearing Installer - Wheel Hub/Bearing Kit - Nut:T10205/8-2  -U- must be installed flush on the Bearing Installer - Wheel Hub/Bearing Kit -Thrust Piece:T10205/13  -W-.

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-- 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-.

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

-- Connect the Foot Pump:VAS 6179  on the Hydraulic Press:VAS 6178  -V-.

-- Operate the Foot Pump:VAS 6179  and press out the rear subframe bearing using the Hydraulic Press:VAS 6178  .