42-84
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:
Pa
ge 1 of 9 Lower control arm, removin
g and installin
g
11/20/2002 htt
p://127.0.0.1:8080/audi/servlet/Dis
play?action=Goto&t
yp
e=re
pair&id=AUDI.B5.SU01.42.6
42-85
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
-48
. - Disconnect brake line at points indicated.
- Remove self-locking nut and bolt mounting lower control arm to
suspension strut (arrow -1-) page 42
-40
.
Pa
ge 2 of 9 Lower control arm, removin
g and installin
g
11/20/2002 htt
p://127.0.0.1:8080/audi/servlet/Dis
play?action=Goto&t
yp
e=re
pair&id=AUDI.B5.SU01.42.6
