Installing suspension strut — VW

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes 9J1, 9J2

📋 Procedure

1. Insert suspension strut.
2. Tighten hexagon bolts (arrows) for upper shock absorber mounting.
3. Position engine and gearbox jackV.A.G 1383 A under wheel bearing housing.
4. Position wheel bearing on wheel bearing housing.
5. Remove binding wire on wheel bearing housing.

6. Raise wheel bearing housing carefully, with the gearbox jack, until the bolt to connect the suspension strut to the wheel bearing housing can be inserted.
7. Press the brake disc by hand towards the suspension strut while lifting, as otherwise the shock absorber tube can become skewed in the bore of the wheel bearing housing.
8. Remove spreader3424.
9. Tighten the bolted connection between wheel bearing housing/suspension strut (arrow)
10. Remove bolts (arrows).
11. Pull wheel bearing housing with swivel joint out from wishbone.
12. Remove any locking fluid residue from the teeth/splines on the drive shaft/wheel hub and from the thread of the drive shaft.
13. Apply locking fluid D 185 400 A2 to the teeth/splines (1) (bead diameter 2 mm) and the thread (2) (all around) as shown in the picture.
14. Fit drive shaft into wheel bearing.
15. Secure swivel joint to wishbone (bolts on old marks).
16. Attach wheel and tighten .
17. Tighten 12-point nut using 36 mm socket T10125.

🎬 Related video tutorial

Independent AUTODOC tutorial for the same job, filmed on a different model (/ SKODA / AUDI) — the technique carries over, the fasteners and figures on this page are the ones for your car.

How to change suspension strut repair kit on VW / SKODA / AUDI TUTORIAL

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