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– Remove screw -4- and remove connecting link.
Note
When removing screw -4-, ensure drive axle boots are not dam‐
aged.
Installing
Installation is the reverse of removal, with special attention to the
following:
Note
♦
Bonded rubber bushings can only be turned to a limited extent.
Only tighten suspension screws when vehicle is in curb weight
or control position.
♦
Wheel bearing, lifting to curb weight position on vehicles with
coil springs, refer to
⇒ “1.4 Wheel Bearing in Curb Weight, Lifting Vehicles with Coil
Spring”, page 12 .
♦
Wheel bearing, lifting to control position on vehicles with air
suspension, refer to
⇒ “1.5 Wheel Bearing in Control Position, Lifting Vehicles with
Air Suspension”, page 14 .
Tightening specifications, refer to
⇒ “2.1 Subframe, Stabilizer Bar and Coupling Rod Overview”,
page 17
– On vehicles with air suspension, position vehicle on wheels,
refer to
⇒ “4 Positioning Vehicle on Hoist and Wheels”, page 10 .
– Tighten the wheels, refer to ⇒ Rep. Gr. 44 .
– Adapt control position anew on vehicles with air spring sus‐
pension, refer to
⇒ “3.10 Control Position, Programming”, page 221 .
– On vehicles with automatic headlamp range control system,
perform a basic setting on the headlamps, refer to ⇒ Rep. Gr.
94 .
Audi Q7 2007 ➤
Suspension, Wheels, Steering - Edition 01.2014
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