Front Suspension

Stabilizer Bar

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Locating Pins (T10096)

• Torque Wrench 40-200 Nm (V.A.G 1332)

• Engine/Transmission Jack (V.A.G 1383 A)

• Ball Joint Puller (3287 A)

• Vehicle Diagnostic, Testing and Information System (VAS 5051B)

Removing

- Remove front wheels.

- Remove foot well trim, remove nuts - arrows - to do so.






- Remove the bolt - 1 - and remove the universal joint - 2 - from the steering gear.






- Remove the lower noise insulation.

- Remove the noise insulation, where applicable.

- Remove the diagonal braces, if applicable. Refer to => [ Diagonal Braces ] Front Suspension.

- Remove bracket for exhaust system from the subframe.

- Remove coupling rods from stabilizer.

- Remove the nuts - arrows -.






- Loosen nut of track rod ball joint, but do not unscrew yet.






- Press off track rod ball joint from wheel bearing housing using (3287 A).

- Secure subframe with brackets. Refer to => [ Subframe and Bracket, Securing ] Subframe and Bracket, Securing.

- Remove stabilizer bar from subframe - 11 and 16 -.






- Remove pendulum support from transmission, to do this remove bolts - 14 -.

- Place (V.A.G 1383 A) below subframe.






- Place a block of wood - 1 -, for example, between (V.A.G 1383 A) and the subframe.

- Loosen bolts - 4 and 5 - and lower subframe with brackets slightly. Observe electrical wires when doing this.

- Remove the stabilizer bar - 1 - toward the front, over the console - 2 - and down from the subframe.






Installing

Installation is the reverse of removal, with special attention to the following:

Tightening specifications, refer to => [ Subframe, Diagonal Brace, Ball Joint, Stabilizer Bar, Transverse Link, Bracket and Vehicle Level Sensor Overview ] Subframe, Diagonal Brace, Ball Joint, Stabilizer Bar, Transverse Link, Bracket and Vehicle Level Sensor Overview.

Tightening specifications, refer to => [ Wheel Bearing Housing and Wheel Bearing Unit Overview ] Service and Repair.

• Coat seal on steering gear with lubricant, for example soft soap, before installing steering gear.

• After placing steering gear onto universal joint, make sure that seal on steering gear makes contact on assembly plate without kinks and opening to footwell is correctly sealed. Ingress of water and/or noises may be the result.

• Make sure sealing surfaces are clean.

- After installing, perform the basic setting on the steering angle sensor (G85) using the (VAS 5051B).

- Axle alignment is required, see Table. Refer to => [ An axle alignment is necessary when: ] Wheel Alignment.