Assembly overview A - mounting bracket, upper suspension link, air suspension strut and wheel bearing housing — VW
Assembly overview A - mounting bracket, upper suspension link, air suspension strut and wheel bearing housing on VW: factory workshop procedure.
Workshop procedure for VW — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.
📋 Procedure
ℹ️ Torque figures below come verbatim from workshop data — always cross-check against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening.
VW
Phaeton
2003
Running gear
Running gear, Axles, Steering, Front and four wheel drive
Edition
03.2015
Assembly overview
A
- mounting bracket, upper suspension link, air suspension strut and wheel bearing housing
Note
If it is necessary to move a vehicle from which the drive shaft has been removed, install an outer joint. Tighten it to 50 Nm or the wheel bearing will be damaged.
It is not permitted to carry out welding and straightening operations on load-bearing or wheel-guiding suspension components.
Always renew self-locking hexagon nuts.
Always renew corroded nuts and bolts.
Hexagon socket head bolt
200 Nm and turn 180° further
Renew every time it is removed.
Vehicle must be standing on ground when bolt is tightened.
Torx bolt
9 Nm
Cover plate
Air suspension strut
Protective bellows must not have any indentations.
Removing and installing
Chapter
.
Wheel acceleration sender
Front left wheel acceleration sender
G337
Front right wheel acceleration sender
G338
Check using
Guided Fault Finding
VAS 5051
with the
“vehicle diagnosis, testing and information system”
Hexagon bolt
10 Nm
Air supply line
5 Nm
Clean line connection before loosening
Air escapes when joint is loosened.
Protect threaded joint from soiling.
Multi-point socket head bolt
70 Nm
M 10 x 20
Initially tighten diagonally to 10 Nm
Drive shaft
Hexagon nut
50 Nm
Self-locking
Renew every time it is removed.
Front upper suspension link
Remove only together with mounting bracket.
Removing and installing mounting bracket
Chapter
.
Renewing bonded rubber bush
Chapter
.
Hexagon bolt
Renew every time it is removed.
Mounting bracket
Removing and installing
Chapter
.
Washer
Multi-point socket head bolt
Observe tightening sequence
Fig.
50 Nm and turn 90° further
Renew every time it is removed.
Hexagon nut
23 Nm
Hexagon bolt
Renew every time it is removed.
Hexagon nut
50 Nm and turn 90° further
Self-locking
Renew every time it is removed.
Rear upper suspension link
Remove only together with mounting bracket.
Removing and installing mounting bracket
Chapter
.
Renewing bonded rubber bush
Chapter
.
Hexagon bolt
Screw direction for aluminium wheel bearing housing towards the rear of the vehicle
Track rod
Hexagon bolt
Hexagon bolt
7 Nm
Renew every time it is removed.
Hexagon nut
50 Nm
Self-locking
Renew every time it is removed.
Wheel bearing housing
Removing and installing
Chapter
.
Aluminium or steel, allocation
Electronic Parts Catalogue
.
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