Repairing lower suspension link - pressing in and out bonded rubber bushes (suspension strut connection) — VW
Repairing lower suspension link - pressing in and out bonded rubber bushes (suspension strut connection) on VW: 10 steps.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Touareg I (7L, 2002–2010)
📋 Procedure
- Remove wheel.
- Remove lower suspension link .
- Install tools to lower suspension link as shown in illustration.
- Press out bonded rubber bush.
- Install tools to lower suspension link as shown in illustration.
- Press bonded rubber bush in flush.
- Use clearances in tube T10230/5 to observe pressing in process.
- Install lower suspension link .
- Install wheel and tighten bolts or nuts .
- Check wheel alignment .
🎬 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 Front Suspension Arm on 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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