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1 - Bush
❑ Ensure firm seating
2 - Bolt
❑ qty. 4
❑ Renew after removing
❑ M12 × 1.5 × 45
❑ 70 Nm +90°
3 - Wheel bearing housing
❑ ⇒ Rep. gr. 40; Remov‐
ing and installing wheel
bearing housing
4 - Wheel bearing unit
❑ ⇒ Rep. gr. 40; Remov‐
ing and installing wheel
bearing unit
5 - Bolt
❑ Renew after removing
❑ M16 × 1.5 × 70
❑ 200 Nm +90°
6 - Bush
❑ Ensure firm seating
7 - Bush
❑ Ensure firm seating
6.2
Removing and installing wheel bearing
housing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ ball joint puller -3287A-
♦ spreading device -VAS 751 003-
Removing
The front left speed sensor -G47- and front right speed sensor
-G45- will henceforth be referred to as “front speed sensor”.
The front left vehicle level sender -G78- and front right vehicle
level sender -G289- will henceforth be referred to as “front vehi‐
cle level sender”.
Removal and installation are described for the left side of vehi‐
cle as an example.
Vehicles with bolted wheel bearings
– Loosen outer threaded connection of wheel bearing ⇒ Rep.
gr. 40; Loosening and tightening threaded connections of
wheel bearings.
6. Wheel bearing
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– ⇒ Rep. gr. 44; Remove wheel.
– Unscrew outer bolt of wheel bearing threaded connection.
Vehicles with all-wheel drive
– Loosen threaded connection of drive shaft ⇒ Rep. gr. 40;
Loosening and tightening threaded connections of drive
shaft.
– ⇒ Rep. gr. 44; Remove wheel.
– Loosen threaded connection of drive shaft.
– Press drive shaft out of wheel bearing unit ⇒ Rep. gr. 40;
Removing and installing drive shaft.
All vehicles (continued)
– Pull off retaining clip -3-, and detach brake hose -4-.
– Unscrew bolt -2- from wheel bearing housing -7-.
– Move aside bracket -1- with electrical wires -8-.
– Disconnect electrical connector -5- from front speed sensor
-6-.
– Remove brake disc ⇒ Brake system; Rep. gr. 46; Front
brake; Assembly overview – front brake.
– Remove stone deflector for suspension link ⇒ Rep. gr. 40;
Removing and installing stone deflector for suspension link.
– Unscrew bolts -arrows-, and remove cover plate -1-.
Vehicles with front vehicle level sender
– Remove front vehicle level sender from suspension link
⇒ Rep. gr. 43; Removing and installing front left vehicle level
sender -G78-/front right vehicle level sender -G289-.
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All vehicles (continued)
– Detach lower suspension link -2- from swivel joint -1- on left
and right.
– Unscrew nuts -3-.
– Pull suspension link -2- in direction of -arrow A- off swivel
joint.
– Pull wheel bearing housing -1- outwards in direction of
-arrow B-.
– Swing aside wheel bearing housing -1- outwards to relieve
tension from suspension link -2-.
Removal and installation are described for the left side of vehi‐
cle as an example.
– Detach track rod ball joint -4- from wheel bearing housing -1-
on left and right.
– Loosen nut -2- on track rod ball joint -4-, but do not unscrew
it completely. 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.
6. Wheel bearing
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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 nut -3-.
– Pull bolt -5- out of wheel bearing housing -1-.
NOTICE
Risk of damage to the suspension strut -3- if the guide -2-
breaks off.
– Do not twist the suspension strut -3- when loosening.
– Do not turn the wheel bearing housing -1- against the
guide -2-.
– Insert spreading device -VAS 751 003--A- into slot of wheel
bearing housing -1-.
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– Spread wheel bearing housing -1- using spreading device
-VAS 751 003--A-. While doing this, turn at hexagon -B-
of spindle while counterholding at level surface -C- using
suitable tools.
NOTICE
Risk of damage to the wheel bearing housing by spreading it
too far.
– Do not spread the wheel bearing housing further than the
specified dimension.
– Spread wheel bearing housing -1- using spreading device
-VAS 751 003--A-.
Important
•
•
Dimension -a- must be 7.8 max.
Do not turn further than end stop of spreading device -VAS
751 003--A-.
6. Wheel bearing
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Installing
Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:
Vehicles with vehicle level sender.
– Carry out basic setting using ⇒ Vehicle diagnostic tester.
All vehicles (continued)
Tightening torques
♦ ⇒ Rep. gr. 40; Assembly overview – wheel bearing assembly
♦ ⇒ Rep. gr. 40; Assembly overview – drive shaft
♦ ⇒ Rep. gr. 40; Assembly overview – suspension link, swivel
joint
♦ ⇒ Rep. gr. 40; Assembly overview – suspension strut
♦ ⇒ Rep. gr. 43; Assembly overview – front vehicle level send‐
ers
♦ ⇒ Wheels and Tyres Guide; Rep. gr. 44; Wheels, tyres;
Specified torque for wheel bolts
♦ ⇒ Brake system; Rep. gr. 46; Front brake; Assembly over‐
view – front brake
6.3
Removing and installing wheel bearing
unit
Removing
Removal and installation are described for the left side of vehi‐
cle as an example.
Vehicles with bolted wheel bearings:
– Loosen outer threaded connection of wheel bearing ⇒ Rep.
gr. 40; Loosening and tightening threaded connections of
wheel bearings.
– ⇒ Rep. gr. 44; Remove wheel.
– Unscrew outer bolt of wheel bearing threaded connection.
Vehicles with all-wheel drive:
– Loosen threaded connection of drive shaft ⇒ Rep. gr. 40;
Loosening and tightening threaded connections of drive
shaft.
– ⇒ Rep. gr. 44; Remove wheel.
– Loosen threaded connection of drive shaft.
– Press drive shaft out of wheel bearing unit ⇒ Rep. gr. 40;
Removing and installing drive shaft.
All vehicles (continued)
– Remove brake disc ⇒ Brake system; Rep. gr. 46; Front
brake; Assembly overview – front brake.
– Unscrew bolts -2-.
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2024 VW ID.4 Owner's Manual
