Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing lower transverse link
| Special tools and workshop equipment
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| Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332- |
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| Vehicles with vehicle level sender |
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Remove retainer for rear left vehicle level sender-2-. |
| Vehicles with stone guard |
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Remove spreader rivet -1-. |
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Unscrew bolts -2- for stone
deflector -3-. |
| Continuation for all vehicles |
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Remove spring
→ Chapter. |
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Undo nut -1- and pull out bolt
-2- for coupling rod
-3-. |
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Unscrew nut -1- and pull out
bolt -2- securing shock absorber. |
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Unscrew nut -3- and pull out
bolt -4- securing wheel bearing
housing. |
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Disengage and lower exhaust system at rear
→ Rep. gr.26. |
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Mark position of eccentric bolt -2-
in relation to subframe, for example using a felt-tip pen. |
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Unscrew nut -1- and pull out
bolt -2-. |
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Remove lower transverse link. |
| Install in reverse order of removal, observing the
following: |
| Observe mark made for position of eccentric bolt
-2- relative to subframe. |
| The threaded connections of the transverse link may only be
loosened and tightened in the unladen weight position
→ Chapter. |
| On vehicles with vehicle level sender, carry out basic
settings for wheel damper electronics → Vehicle
diagnostic tester. |
| On vehicles with vehicle level sender, carry out basic
adjustment of headlights
→ Electrical system; Rep. gr.94. |
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Perform wheel alignment
→ Chapter. |
| → Chapter „Assembly overview - transverse link“ |
| → Chapter „Assembly overview - rear vehicle level senders,
multi-link suspension, front-wheel drive“ |
| → Chapter „Torque settings for wheel bolts“ |
| Rear exhaust system
→ Rep. gr.26 |
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Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-
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