Removing and installing lower transverse link (four-wheel drive) — AUDI
Removing and installing lower transverse link (four-wheel drive) on Audi: 13 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: Audi TT Mk2 (8J, 2006–2014)
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- Use felt-tip pen or similar to mark position of eccentric bolt (arrow B) in relation to subframe.
- Observe mark made for position of eccentric bolt (arrow B) in relation to subframe.
📋 Procedure
- Measure distance from centre of wheel to lower edge of wheel housing .
- Remove wheel.
- Remove coil spring .
- Unscrew bolt (arrow) for lower transverse link (1).
- On vehicles with vehicle level sender, unscrew bolts (2).
- Use felt-tip pen or similar to mark position of eccentric bolt (arrow B) in relation to subframe.
- Disengage and lower rear part of exhaust system.
- Unscrew bolt (arrow B).
- Take out lower transverse link.
- Observe mark made for position of eccentric bolt (arrow B) in relation to subframe.
- On vehicles with electronic damping control (Audi magnetic ride), re-adapt reference position .
- On vehicles with automatic headlight range control, perform basic setting of headlights Electrical system94Headlights; Adjusting headlights.
- Check and adjust wheel alignment as required, see chart .
🎬 Related video tutorial
Independent AUTODOC tutorial for the same job, filmed on a different model (A3 2 (8PA)) — the technique carries over, the fasteners and figures on this page are the ones for your car.
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Who makes these pages, and how
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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