Removing and installing lower suspension link — AUDI
Removing and installing lower suspension link on Audi: 14 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes SF, SG
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- Loosen nut (1) on swivel joint but do not remove it completely.
- Tighten the nuts for the suspension link in unladen position .
📋 Procedure
- Loosen wheel bolts.
- Raise vehicle 20.1Description of work; Raising vehicle with lifting platform and trolley jack.
- Remove wheel.
- Unscrew nut (1).
- Pull front left vehicle level sender G78/front right vehicle level sender G289(2) out of suspension link (3).
- Loosen nut (1) on swivel joint but do not remove it completely.
- ⚠ Leave nut screwed on a few turns to protect thread on pin. — Press suspension link off swivel joint using ball joint puller T10187(2).
- Unscrew nut (1).
- Remove nut (arrow).
- Remove bolt (1).
- Unscrew nut (2).
- Remove bolt (3).
- Remove suspension link (4) from subframe. [Note: Tighten the nuts for the suspension link in unladen position .]
- Install front wheel and tighten .
🎬 Related video tutorial
Independent AUTODOC tutorial for the same job, filmed on a different model (80 B4) — the technique carries over, the fasteners and figures on this page are the ones for your car.
How to change front lower arm on AUDI 80 B4 TUTORIAL
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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