Assembly overview - front wheel suspension, lower suspension link, upper suspension link — VW
Assembly overview - front wheel suspension, lower suspension link, upper suspension link 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
Touareg
2010
Touareg
2015
Running gear
Running gear, axles, steering
Edition
07.2015
Assembly overview - front wheel suspension, lower suspension link, upper suspension link
Note
It is not permitted to carry out welding and straightening operations on load-bearing or wheel-guiding suspension components.
Always renew self-locking nuts.
Always renew corroded nuts and bolts.
Bonded rubber bushes can be twisted only to a limited extent. Therefore, tighten the bolted connections of components with bonded rubber bushes only when the wheel bearing housing has been raised (unladen state)
Chapter
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Nut
60 Nm
Qty. 3
Ring
Front body
Bolts
50 Nm + 180°
Always renew after removing.
Bonded rubber bush
Renewing
Chapter
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Allocation
Electronic Parts Catalogue
Nut
50 Nm + 180°
Always renew after removing.
Upper suspension link
Removing and installing, vehicles with steel spring struts
Chapter
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Removing and installing, vehicles with air spring struts
Chapter
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Cone must be free of oil and grease.
If necessary, clean with a dry cloth but do not use cleaning solutions.
Nut
85 Nm
Always renew after removing.
Wheel bearing housing
Different versions for 17" and 18" running gear.
Removing and installing
Chapter
.
Tapered hole must be free of oil and grease.
If necessary, clean with a dry cloth but do not use cleaning solutions.
Allocation
Electronic Parts Catalogue
Nut
Various versions
Allocation
Electronic Parts Catalogue
Always renew after removing.
Bear in mind different specified torques:
17" running gear (cast steel) 110 Nm
18" running gear (cast aluminium) 130 Nm
Bonded rubber bush
Pressing in and out (suspension strut connection)
Chapter
.
Allocation
Electronic Parts Catalogue
Bonded rubber bush
Pressing in and out (camber adjusting screw connection)
Chapter
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Allocation
Electronic Parts Catalogue
Lower suspension link
Tapered pin must be free of oil and grease.
If necessary, clean with a dry cloth but do not use cleaning solutions.
Removing and installing
Chapter
.
Bonded rubber bush
Pressing in and out (caster adjusting screw connection)
Chapter
.
Allocation
Electronic Parts Catalogue
Nut
150 Nm + 90°
Always renew after removing.
Bolt
Always renew after removing.
Steel spring strut
Removing and installing
Chapter
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Nut
110 Nm
Always renew after removing.
Bolt
110 Nm
Always renew after removing.
Coupling rod
Removing and installing
Chapter
.
Air spring strut
Removing and installing
Chapter
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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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