Trailing Arm With Mounting Bracket

Front Wheel Drive

Trailing Arm with Mounting Bracket

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Torque Wrench (V.A.G 1332)

• Wheel Hub Support (T10149)

Removing

- Remove wheel.

- Remove coil spring. Refer to => [ Coil Spring ]. Coil Spring

- Remove the bolt - arrow - for parking brake cable - 1 - from trailing link - 2 -.





Vehicles with a Bracket for the Parking Brake Cable

- Remove bracket - 1 - by pressing out rivet inner pin - arrow -.





Continuation for all vehicles

- Remove the coupling rod - 1 - from trailing link.





- Remove bolts - arrows -.

- Mark installation position of mounting bracket on body.

- Remove bolts - arrows -.





- Remove trailing link with mounting bracket.

If longitudinal control arm is being replaced, mounting bracket must be removed from longitudinal control arm.

Installation position of mounting bracket to trailing link must then be adjusted.

Determining installation position of mounting bracket relative to trailing link

Dimension - a - is 34 ± 1 mm.





1. Mounting bracket

2. Trailing link

- When dimension - a - has been adjusted, tighten bolt.

Installing

Threaded connection of trailing link/wheel bearing housing must only be tightened when all other components (spring and strut always) of the respective wheel suspension have been already assembled. To tighten, suspension must be unloaded. Only now do the trailing link and wheel bearing housing move into the position required - arrows -.

Threaded Connector: Trailing Arm/Wheel Bearing Housing





Always Follow the Order of the Following Work Steps!

- Install trailing link and mounting bracket with bolts - 2 - on wheel bearing housing but do not yet tighten.





- Insert coupling rod - 3 - in trailing link, do not tighten nut yet.

- Raise wheel suspension using engine/transmission jack (V.A.G 1383 A) and (T10149) until mounting bracket makes contact on body.

- Tighten bolts - arrows - on old impression.





- Let down wheel suspension again using (V.A.G 1383 A) and remove (T10149) from wheel hub.

- Fasten bolts - 2 - for trailing arm to tightening specification, making sure of the required positioning of the components.





- Connect the coupling rod - 1 - to the wheel bearing housing and stabilizer bar.





- Screw parking brake cable - 1 - on trailing link - 2 - - arrow -.





Vehicles with a Bracket for the Parking Brake Cable





- Install bracket - 1 - by pressing in new rivet inner pin - arrow -.

Continuation for all vehicles

- Install coil spring. Refer to => [ Coil Spring ]. Coil Spring

- Install wheel and tighten. Refer to => [ Wheel Bolt Tightening Specification ] Specifications.

- Perform vehicle alignment. Refer to => [ Vehicle Alignment Procedure Overview ] Vehicle Alignment Procedure Overview.

Tightening Specifications