1998 AUDI A4 light

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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.

Repair Manual, Brake System, Repair Group 47
- Remove bracket for ABS wheel speed sensor cable.
- Extract brake fluid from reservoir:
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Note:
On vehicles with headlight range control, the linkage for the headlight
range control must be disconnected to remove the rear axle or lower
control arm page 42
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. - Disconnect brake line at points indicated.

- Remove self-locking nut and bolt mounting lower control arm to
suspension strut (arrow -1-) page 42
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Notes: Fig. 1
Attaching 3293 lower control arm assembly device to lower
control arm
The two collars of the bonded rubber bushings must be flanged
slightly before installing into lower control arm assembly device. Be careful when attaching lower control arm assembly device.
- Attach 3293 lower control arm assembly device to bushing with jaws of
tool positioned between lip of bushing and lower control arm.
- Screw in threaded stem to force bushing slightly from lower control
arm.

Fig. 2 Attaching puller into lower control arm
- Attach commercially available puller (e.g. Kukko 15-0) to lower control
arm.
- Insert 3118/8 adapter into hole in bonded rubber bushing.
- Screw Kukko 18-0 into Kukko 15-0 and centrally align.
- Screw in threaded stem -A- until bonded rubber bushing is pulled out.
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