Special tools and workshop equipment required

• Torque wrenches - V.A.G 1332-

• Engine elevator - V.A.G 1383 A-

Removing

• Remove rear wheel on affected side.
• Use tensioning straps - T10038- to strap vehicle to support beams of lifting platform on both sides.

Vehicles with manual parking brake

• Press lever on brake caliper -2- in -direction of arrow- and detach handbrake cable -1-.
• Compress locking lugs -3- together and pull handbrake cable out of bracket -4- on brake caliper.

• First pull handbrake cable -1- off locking lugs, then pull completely out of bracket -2-.

Vehicles with electrical parking brake

• Detach line -1- from trailing arm -2-. To do this push out inner pin of retainer -arrows-.

Continuation for all models:

• Position engine and gearbox jack - V.A.G 1383 A- -1- under track rod and press upwards slightly.
• Remove bolts -2- and -3- one after the other.
• Remove engine and gearbox jack - V.A.G 1383 A- -1- from under track rod.

• Detach wire -2- from mounting bracket -1-.
• Mark installation position of mounting bracket -1- on body.
• Remove bolts -arrows-.
• Take out trailing arm with mounting bracket.

Installing

Carry out installation in the reverse sequence, noting the following:

• Tighten bolts -arrows- onto old impression marks or previously applied marks.
• Secure line -2- on mounting bracket -1-.

• Position engine and gearbox jack - V.A.G 1383 A- -1- under track rod and press upwards slightly.
• Screw in bolts -2- and -3- by hand.
• Remove engine and gearbox jack - V.A.G 1383 A- -1- from under track rod.

Do not tighten bolts securing trailing arm to wheel bearing housing until all other suspension components (especially spring and shock absorber) on that side are fitted. The wheel suspension must be in extended position before securing. The trailing arm and the wheel bearing housing will only then move into the required position -arrows-.

• Installing spring

• Tighten the bolts -2- and -3-.

Vehicles with manual parking brake

• Insert handbrake cable -1- through aperture, then clamp it to bracket -2-.

• Install the retainers -arrows- on trailing arm -2- for line -1-. To do this push in inner pin of rivets.

Continuation for all models:

• Attach handbrake cable to lever on brake caliper.

Specified torques

After installation, wheel alignment must be checked on wheel alignment unit.