Removing and installing suspension link with mounting bracket — VW
Removing and installing suspension link with mounting bracket on VW: 21 steps, 5 torque figures. What to remove, what to tighten and to how many Nm, what.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Sharan II / SEAT Alhambra (7N, 2010–)
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- Start bolts (11) and (12) but do not tighten.
🔩 Torque settings
Values can differ between engine variants — check the code stamped on your block.
| Torque | Fastener / step |
|---|---|
| 20 Nm (15 lb-ft) | Replace bolt (1) for left side and bolt (8) for right side with locating pins and tighten… |
| 20 Nm (15 lb-ft) | Replace bolt for left side (1) and for right side (2) with locating pins and tighten… |
| 20 Nm (15 lb-ft) | Replace bolt for left side (1) and for right side (8) with locating pins and tighten… |
| 20 Nm (15 lb-ft) | Replace bolt for left side (1) or for right side (2) with locating pins and tighten… |
| 20 Nm (15 lb-ft) | ⚠ The locating pins may be tightened only to a maximum |
ℹ️ Always cross-check the exact figure against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening — a wrong torque can damage the engine. These values are extracted from workshop data and may not cover every variant or revision.
📋 Procedure
- Loosen wheel bolts.
- Raise vehicle.
- Remove wheel.
- Remove lower noise insulation 50Assembly overview - noise insulation.
- If present, unscrew coupling rod of front left vehicle level sender G78 from suspension link.
- Remove nuts (arrows).
- Pull suspension link out of swivel joint and turn wheel bearing housing to outside to relieve suspension link.
- Fix position of mounting bracket .
- Replace bolt for left side (1) or for right side (2) with locating pins T10096 and tighten locating pins to 20 Nm. — 20 Nm (15 lb-ft)
- ⚠ The locating pins T10096 may be tightened only to a maximum of 20 Nm; otherwise the threads of the locating pins may be damaged. — Now remove bolt (11) for left side and bolt (12) for right side. — 20 Nm (15 lb-ft)
- If present, unscrew coupling rod of front left vehicle level sender G78 from suspension link.
- Remove bolts (1).
- Remove suspension link with mounting bracket.
- Insert suspension link with mounting bracket into subframe.
- Start bolts (11) and (12) but do not tighten.
- Start bolt (1) and tighten.
- Replace locating pins T10096 by a new bolt and tighten this.
- Bolt suspension link to swivel joint and tighten (arrows).
- Bolt wishbone to subframe (11) and (12) in unladen state .
- Attach lower noise insulation 50Assembly overview - noise insulation.
- Attach wheel and tighten; specified torque .
🎬 Related video tutorial
Independent AUTODOC tutorial for the same job, filmed on a different model (CADDY 3 (2KB)) — 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.
Seen a figure that does not match your manual? Write to us — we correct it and note when. support@torqfix.com
The story behind TorqFix →Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.