Installing control arms and track rods (both sides)

Fig 1: Identifying Track Rods & Trailing Arms

Courtesy of VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA.

Raise the wheel bearing housing so that the hole for the control arm in the bearing housing and rear axle member is horizontal.

Install: 

• the control arm with new M12 screws. Tighten
• the tie rod to the wheel bearing housing. Use new lock nuts, M12. Tighten
• the parking brake cable in the bracket on the tie rod and in its mountings in the lower cover. Tighten. See Summary Of Specific Components And Tightening Torques .