Removing and installing track rod ball joint: VW Touareg II
Step-by-step removing and installing track rod ball joint for the VW Touareg II: 15 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Touareg II (7P, 2010–2018)
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- Mark position of track rod ball joint on track rod.
- Loosen nut on track rod ball joint but do not remove completely.
- Make sure that correct track rod ball joint is installed on each side.
- Screw track rod ball joint onto track rod as far as previously applied mark and secure with lock nut.
📋 Procedure
- Activate car jacking mode and place vehicle on lifting platform .
- Loosen wheel bolts.
- Raise vehicle.
- Remove wheel.
- Loosen nut (1).
- Mark position of track rod ball joint on track rod.
- Loosen nut on track rod ball joint but do not remove completely.
- ⚠ Leave nut screwed on a few turns to protect thread on pin. — Push track rod off wheel bearing housing and remove nut.
- Unscrew track rod ball joint from track rod.
- Make sure that correct track rod ball joint is installed on each side.
- Screw track rod ball joint onto track rod as far as previously applied mark and secure with lock nut.
- Insert track rod ball joint into wheel bearing housing.
- Bolt track rod ball joint with new nut.
- Install wheel and tighten bolts or nuts .
- Check wheel alignment after completing the installation .
🎬 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 tie rod end / track rod end — VW / SKODA / AUDI TUTORIAL
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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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