Wheel Bearing Housing, Removing and Installing

Wheel bearing housing, removing and installing

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Ball joint puller 3287 A:

Torque wrench V.A.G 1332:

Difference of wheel bearing housings with and without bushings Wheel bearing housing as of model year 2002, modified.

Removing
^ Remove hex bolt for drive axle. (Only loosen when vehicle is resting on the wheels -risk of accident-).
^ Remove wheel.
^ Disconnect ABS speed sensor wiring out from retainer on brake caliper.





^ Remove bolts - 1 - for brake caliper and take off brake caliper.
^ Remove disc brake.
^ Secure brake caliper to structure with wire.





^ Remove bolts - 1 - for cover plate.
^ Remove ABS speed sensor from wheel bearing housing.
^ Remove nuts - 2 - and - 3 -.





^ Remove rubber grommet - 1 - and disconnect connector - 2 -.
^ Disconnect ABS speed sensor wiring out from retainers - arrows -.
^ Guide wiring through opening in wheel bearing housing and take out.

Do not damage the rubber grommet!





^ Remove hex bolt - 3 - and nut - 4 -.
^ Pull out tie rod end.
^ Remove nut from joint pin.





^ Press guide link joint pin out of tapered seat.

Do not damage joint protective boot when doing this!

^ Loosen joint pin nut, do not remove completely.





^ Press control arm joint pin out of tapered seat.

Do not damage joint protective boot when doing this!





^ Loosen nut - 1 -, remove hex bolt, and pull both links - 2 - out upward.

Slits in the wheel bearing housing must not be widened using a chisel or similar tool!

If the hex bolt cannot be removed from wheel bearing housing, then the hex bolt and links - 2 - must be pressed out of wheel bearing housing Separating connections between upper control arms and wheel bearing housing.

^ Swing wheel bearing housing in direction of - arrow - away to side, when doing this remove axle shaft pin from wheel hub.
^ Remove nut from track-control link joint pin.
^ Remove wheel bearing housing.

Installing
^ Install wheel bearing housing.
^ Install lower control arm and guide link joint pins into wheel bearing housing.
^ Screw on new self-locking nut and tighten and.

Counter hold joint pin with 4 mm AF hex key if necessary.

^ Install outer axle shaft joint into hub and hand tighten with a new hex bolt.
^ Insert upper links into wheel bearing housing, insert new bolt and tighten new nut.
^ Push upper control arms down as far as possible while tightening bolts!
^ Install tie rod.
^ Tighten hex bolt.
^ Screw on new self-locking nut and tighten.
^ Install ABS speed sensor.
^ Screw on cover plate and tighten.
^ Install disc brake, screw on brake caliper.
^ Install wheel and tighten Wheel mounting.
^ Tighten axle shaft hex bolt.

Check and if necessary adjust front axle, alignment must take place on a VW recommended alignment stand.