Exploded view of front suspension — AUDI

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform code 4A

• Special tools named: puller
• Also covered elsewhere: Electronic parts catalogue

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• On vehicles with 6-cyl. engine, remove the entire subframe .
• The pipe32 - 119 must not rest on the collar of the bush.
• The vehicle must be standing on its wheels for extracting the sleeve.

📋 Procedure

1. Vehicle standing on its wheels.
2. Unscrew the anti-roll bar clamps .
3. Unscrew the nuts .
4. The anti-roll bar is pulled out/inserted on extending and compressing the suspension. [Note: On vehicles with 6-cyl. engine, remove the entire subframe .] [Note: On pressing in, the side of the wishbone eye with the greater chamfer faces the wishbone bush.Align the bush and press in.] [Note: The marking (B) on the wishbone bush may deviate from the centre line (C) by ± 5°.]
5. Keep tightening the nut (arrow B) until the bush is extracted from the subframe. [Note: The pipe32 - 119 must not rest on the collar of the bush.]

6. Moisten the bush with assembly lubricant; for assembly lubricant refer to Electronic parts catalogue.
7. Fit the bonded rubber bush by turning the nut (arrow B).
8. Screw out the subframe bolt.
9. Insert the extractor e.g. Kukko 21/2.
10. Tighten the nut until the two jaws of the puller are spread apart in the sleeve.
11. Insert a suitable screwdriver in the extractor to provide support. [Note: The vehicle must be standing on its wheels for extracting the sleeve.]
12. Screw a puller, e.g. Kukko 22/1 onto the thread of the extractor until the two jaws are resting on the subframe.
13. Screw the nut onto the spindle of the puller until the sleeve is extracted.

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