Removing and installing bonded rubber bushes: Audi Q7

🧭 Before you start

Fits: Audi Q7 (4L, 2005–2015)

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• Without the piece of wood inserted, there is a risk of injury if the lower suspension link slips back to its original position. — Set up tools on wheel bearing housing as shown in illustration.
• Be careful to press ONLY on wheel bearing housing. Pressing on joint between suspension link and wheel bearing housing causes risk of injury! — Vehicles with air suspension: set down vehicle on its wheels .

📋 Procedure

1. Vehicles with air suspension: put vehicle on lifting platform .
2. Remove wheel.
3. Remove bolt (1) and detach lower suspension link (2) from wheel bearing housing.
4. Insert a wooden block between suspension link (arrow) and wheel bearing housing.
5. ⚠ Without the piece of wood inserted, there is a risk of injury if the lower suspension link slips back to its original position. — Set up tools on wheel bearing housing as shown in illustration.

6. ⚠ Before pressing out bush, position engine and gearbox jackV.A.G 1383 A with universal gearbox supportV.A.G 1359/2 under hydraulic press. The hydraulic press can otherwise drop down when the bush is pressed out. — Press out bonded rubber bush.
7. Set up tools and bonded rubber bush on wheel bearing housing as shown in illustration.
8. Press in bonded rubber bush as far as stop.
9. Remove wooden block between wheel bearing housing and lower suspension link.
10. Press wheel bearing housing in direction of (arrow). [Note: Bonded rubber bushes can only be turned to a limited extent. The suspension mountings must therefore only be tightened when the suspension is in the unladen position or reference position.Raising suspension to unladen position (vehicles with coil springs) Raising suspension to reference position (vehicles with air suspension)]
11. ⚠ Be careful to press ONLY on wheel bearing housing. Pressing on joint between suspension link and wheel bearing housing causes risk of injury! — Vehicles with air suspension: set down vehicle on its wheels .
12. Secure wheels 44.
13. On vehicles with automatic headlight range control, carry out basic adjustment of headlights 94.

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