Front Subframe Mount: Service and Repair

Subframe Bonded Rubber Bushings

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Installation Device (3372)

• Thrust Plate (VW 401)

• Punch (VW 407)

• Arbor 50 mm Dia. (VW 432)

• Assembly Tool (T10214)

• Assembly Tool (T10267)

• Adapter (T10267/1A)

• Tube (T10244/3) from Assembly Tool (T10244)

Removing

- Remove the subframe. Refer to => [ Subframe, without the Steering Gear ] Subframe, without the Steering Gear.

- Install the assembly tool (T10267) - 4 - to the subframe. Secure the safety bolts using the securing pins.






1. Punch (VW 407)

2. Thrust piece (3372/1)

3. Thrust plate (VW 401)

4. Assembly tool (T10267)

5. Tube (T10244/3)


- Press out both bonded rubber bushings at the same time as shown in the illustration.

• The flat side of the thrust piece (3372/1) must face insert - A - of the assembly tool (T10267) , otherwise the insert may be damaged.

• The tube (T10244/3) has a larger and a smaller inner diameter. The subframe must contact the larger inner diameter of the tube (T10244/3).

Installing

- Bolt both bonded rubber bushings together using an original bolt, the cut outs - arrows - must align when doing this.






- Insert the bolted bonded rubber bushings, with the bolt head pointing downward, into the large diameter of the tube (T10214/2).






1. arbor 50 mm dia. (VW 432)

2. Thrust piece (T10214/3) without bolts

3. Bonded rubber bushing

4. Tube (T10214/2)

5. Tube (T10214/1)

6. Thrust plate (VW 401)


- Press the bonded rubber bushing - 1 - in until dimension - a - has been obtained.






Dimension - a - = 2 to 3 mm.

• There are two different versions of the pendulum support bonded rubber bushing: the T version - I - and the V version - II -.






• Allocation, refer to the Parts Catalog.

I The corners on the inner core - 1 - face toward the opening for the pendulum support - arrow - (T version).
II The corners on the inner core - 2 - face away from the opening for the pendulum support - arrow - (V version).

T - Version of the Bonded Rubber Bushing






- Align the tube (T10214/2) on the subframe with the pressed in bonded rubber bushings.

• The corners on the inner core of the bonded rubber bushing - arrows - must face toward the assembly tool (T10244) - 1 -.

• The corners on the inner core of the bonded rubber bushing - arrows - must lie parallel with the edge of the assembly tool (T10244) - 1 -.

Distance - a - must be identical on the left and right to guarantee parallelism.

V - Version of the Bonded Rubber Bushing






- Align the tube (T10214/2) on the subframe with the pressed in bonded rubber bushings.

• The corners on the inner core of the bonded rubber bushing - arrows - must face away from the assembly tool (T10244) - 1 -.

• The corners on the inner core of the bonded rubber bushing - arrows - must lie parallel with the edge of the assembly tool (T10244) - 1 -.

Distance - a - must be identical on the left and right to guarantee parallelism.

Procedure for Both Versions

- The subframe makes contact on the smaller inner diameter of the tube (T10244/3).






- Install the bushing all the way until a 20 kN force is reached.

1. Punch (VW 407)

2. Thrust piece (T10214/3)

3. Tube (T10214/2)

4. Assembly tool (T10267)

5. Tube (T10214/1)


- Remove the assembly tool (T10267) from the subframe and check the seating of the pressed in bonded rubber bushing.

• The outer diameter - 1 - of both bonded rubber bushings must project up to 2 mm beyond the edge in the area of the opening for the pendulum support.






• The cut outs of the bonded rubber bushings must lie at the center in the opening of the subframe.

• A gap - arrow - between the bonded rubber bushings is permissible.

- Install the subframe => [ Installing ] Subframe, without the Steering Gear.