1997 AUDI A4 wheel bolts

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Lower control arm, removing
and installing

Removing

Vehicle must be standing on its wheels
above vehicle lift

- Remove wheel trim.
On light alloy wheels use puller in vehicle tool kit to remove trim cap
- Loosen wheel bolts.
- Raise vehicle on lift.
- Remove wheel.

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- Remove bracket for ABS wheel speed sensor cable.
- Extract brake fluid from reservoir:
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- Remove parking brake cable:

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- Remove eccentric bolt for wheel bearing housing to lower control arm
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Note:
Only one bolt is shown to simplify the illustration. - Remove both mounting bolts for subframe to lower control arm (arrow)
page 42
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- Remove control arm.
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Installing

WARNING!

Do not re-use any fasteners that are worn or
deformed in normal use.
Some fasteners are designed to be used only
once, and are unreliable and may fail if used
a second time. This includes, but is not
limited to, nuts, bolts, washers, circlips and
cotter pins. Always follow the
recommendations in this manual-replace
these fasteners with new parts where
indicated, and any other time it is deemed
necessary by inspection.

CAUTION!

Bonded rubber bushings can only be turned
to a limited extent. The bolted connection
between the wheel bearing housing to lower
control arm and the connection between the
shock absorber to lower control arm must
only be tightened when the vehicle is
standing on the ground. Otherwise the
bonded rubber bushings will be subjected to
a torsional stress resulting in shortened
service life

- Install in reverse order of removal.
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- Always replace bolts and nuts.

- Bleed brake system:

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- Check wheel alignment and adjust if necessary
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