PRE-RELEASE
Longitudinal link
| Longitudinal link |
| Removal |
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Raise the car and remove the wheel.
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Press the brake piston back using a pair of slip joint pliers.
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Remove the brake caliper and hang it up.
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Remove the air deflector.
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Remove the bolt securing the handbrake cable bracket.
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Unplug the connector from the wheel sensors
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Detach the wheel sensor cable from the holder.
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Remove the nuts from the wheel sensor cable mounting and the brake pipe.
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Remove the damper's lower retaining bolt.
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Remove the bolt securing the lower transverse link to the longitudinal link.
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Unhook the handbrake cable's return spring and remove the cable.
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Remove the bolt securing the anti-roll bar link to the longitudinal link.
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Remove the bolt securing the upper transverse link to the longitudinal link.
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Remove the bolts securing the longitudinal link to the car body and lower away the link with hub and brake disc.
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| 15. |
Remove the rear wheel hub with disc back plate from the longitudinal link (4 nuts).
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| 16. |
Clamp on
89 96 753 Assembly fixture, A-bracket, rear axle
(KM-901) as illustrated.
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Remove the nut and bolt from the longitudinal link's bush and remove the tool.
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| 18. |
Remove the body bracket from the longitudinal link bush.
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| Assembly |
| 1. |
Fit the bush in the longitudinal link
and the ball joints in the longitudinal link.
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| 2. |
Fit the body bracket back in place on the longitudinal link's bush.
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| 3. |
Clamp on
89 96 753 Assembly fixture, A-bracket, rear axle
(KM-901) as illustrated.
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| 4. |
Tighten the nut and bolt retaining the body bracket.
Tightening torque 90 Nm +60° (70 lbf ft +60°) |
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| 5. |
Use a wire brush to clean the wheel hub's mating surface.
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| 6. |
Fit the wheel hub on the longitudinal link, using new nuts. Tighten the nuts alternately.
Tightening torque 50 Nm +30° (40 lbf ft +30°). 
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Lift up the longitudinal link to the body and insert the bolts.
Secure the mounting using 89 96 795 Fixing tool and tighten the bolts. Tightening torque: 90 Nm +30° (66 lbf ft +30°)
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Tighten the bolt securing the upper transverse link to the longitudinal link.
Tightening torque 90 Nm +60° (70 lbf ft +60°) 
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| 9. |
Tighten the bolt securing the anti-roll bar link to the longitudinal link.
Tightening torque 50 Nm (40 lbf ft). |
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| 10. |
Hook the handbrake cable on and refit the return spring.
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| 11. |
Tighten the bolt securing the lower transverse link to the longitudinal link.
Tightening torque: 90 Nm +60° (66 lbf ft +60°) |
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Position the bottom damper mounting on the rear axle. Insert the bolt. Raise the steering swivel member with a column jack to about the same height as when the car is standing on its wheels. Tighten the bolt.
Tightening torque 190 Nm (140 lbf ft) |
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| 13. |
Fit the brake caliper. Use
74 96 268 Thread locking adhesive
on the bolts.
Tightening torque: 80 Nm (59 lbf ft) 
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| 14. |
Fit the mounting for the wheel sensor and the brake pipe.
Tightening torque: 24 Nm (18 lbf ft) 
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Fit the wheel sensor cable into the mounting.
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| 16. |
Plug in the wheel sensor connector.
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| 17. |
Fit the handbrake cable bracket.
Tightening torque: 8 Nm (6 lbf ft) |
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Fit the air deflector.
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| 19. |
Fit the wheel
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Tightening torque aluminium rim 110 Nm (81 lbf ft). pressed steel rim 50 Nm +2x90°, max 110 Nm (37 lbf ft +2x90°, max 81 lbf ft) Lower the car. |
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Depress the brake pedal to press out the piston in the brake caliper.
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| 21. |
Adjust the toe angles
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