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Running gear, axles, steering - Edition 05.2021
– Carry out basic setting of steering system using ⇒ Vehicle
diagnostic tester.
Tightening torques
♦ ⇒ Rep. gr. 48; Assembly overview – track rods
♦ ⇒ Wheels and Tyres Guide; Rep. gr. 44; Wheels, tyres;
Specified torque for wheel bolts
4.5
Removing and installing track rod ball
joint
Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ ball joint puller -3287A-
Removing
Removal and installation are described for the left side of vehi‐
cle as an example.
– ⇒ Rep. gr. 44; Remove wheel.
– Mark or measure installation position of track rod ball joint
-3- on track rod -1-.
– Loosen nut -2- by counterholding hexagon -arrow A- on
track rod -1-.
– Loosen track rod -1- at track rod ball joint -3-. Use suitable
tool on hexagon -arrow A- and -arrow B- to do this.
– Loosen nut -2- on track rod ball joint -4-, but do not unscrew
it completely.
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– Counterhold on pin using a suitable tool while doing so.
– Unscrew nut -2- only up to end of thread. To protect thread,
leave nut -2- screwed onto pin a few turns.
NOTICE
Risk of damage to wheel bearing housing! Loosened bushes
on wheel bearing housing due to incorrect placement of ball
joint puller.
– Position ball joint puller in such a way that fulcrum of bot‐
tom support is on bush and not on wheel bearing housing.
– Use ball joint puller -3287A--A- to press track rod ball joint
-4- off wheel bearing housing -1-. Unscrew nut -2-.
– Unscrew track rod ball joint -3- from track rod -1-.
– Use suitable tool on hexagon -arrow A- and -arrow B- to do
this.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:
– Screw track rod ball joint -3- onto track rod -1- up to previ‐
ously applied mark, and secure it with nut -2-.
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ID.4 2021 ➤
Running gear, axles, steering - Edition 05.2021
– Insert track rod ball joint -3- into wheel bearing housing.
– Tighten track rod ball joint -3- with new nut.
– Carry out wheel alignment ⇒ Rep. gr. 44; Wheel alignment.
Tightening torques
♦ ⇒ Rep. gr. 48; Assembly overview – steering rack
♦ ⇒ Rep. gr. 48; Assembly overview – track rods
♦ ⇒ Wheels and Tyres Guide; Rep. gr. 44; Wheels, tyres;
Specified torque for wheel bolts
4.6
Assembly overview – track rods
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