Conventional Bonded Rubber Bushing, 65 mm
Conventional Bonded Rubber Bushing, 65 mm
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
• Pressure plate (VW 402)
• Punch (VW 407)
• Press tool (3345)
• Subframe support assembling device (3347/1)
• Hold the guide link firmly in position while pressing bearing out and in.
Removing
- Remove guide link. Refer to => [ Guide Link ] Service and Repair.
- Mark the press-in depth on the mount - 1 - - arrow -.
• Use a waterproof felt-tip pen/marker to make the mark.
- Lay out the special tools as shown in the illustration.
- Press bushing - 1 - out of guide link - 2 -.
Installing
- Transfer the installation depth marking from the old bearing to the new one - arrow -.
- Apply a thin coat of assembly paste on the mount. Allocation, refer to the Electronic Parts Catalog (ETKA).
Bushing Installation Position
- A - = 90° +/- 5°
- Insert bearing - 1 - into guide control arm - 2 -, observe installation position when doing this.
- Lay out the special tools as shown in the illustration.
• Make sure that the mount does not get installed crooked when pressing it in to place.
- Press bearing - 1 - into guide control arm - 2 -.
- Pay special attention to the press-in depth mark you made during installation - arrow -.
- Check installation position of bearing - 1 - in guide control arm - 2 -.
- A - = 90° +/- 5°
- Check rim offset of bearing - 1 - in guide control arm - 2 -.
The - a - and - b - dimensions must be the same.
- If the - a - and - b - dimensions are different, press on the mount some more - 1 -.
- Install guide control arm. Refer to => [ Guide Link ] Service and Repair.