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Volkswagen Golf Mk7 Service & Repair Manual: Assembly overview - transverse link, multi-link suspension, front-wheel drive

This assembly overview covers the FWD Volkswagen Golf Mk7 upper transverse link: a nut always renewed after removal, and a bolt torqued to 130 Nm, always tightened in the unladen position.

Assembly overview - transverse link, multi-link suspension, front-wheel drive

1 -  Nut
Renew after removing
2 -  Washer
3 -  Upper transverse link
Removing and installing → Chapter
4 -  Bolt
Renew after removing
Always tighten threaded connections in unladen position → Chapter
130 Nm +180°
5 -  Wheel bearing housing
6 -  Bolt
Renew after removing
Always tighten threaded connections in unladen position → Chapter
70 Nm +180°
7 -  Nut
Renew after removing
8 -  Spreader rivet
9 -  Stone deflector
10 -  Bolt
8 Nm
11 -  Lower transverse link
Removing and installing → Chapter
12 -  Eccentric bolt
A wheel alignment check must be performed if loosened → Chapter
Do not turn more than 90° in either direction (i.e. from minimum to maximum adjustment position).
13 -  Eccentric washer
Inner hole with lug
14 -  Nut
Renew after removing
Always tighten threaded connections in unladen position → Chapter
95 Nm
15 -  Subframe
16 -  Eccentric bolt
A wheel alignment check must be performed if loosened → Chapter
Do not turn more than 90° in either direction (i.e. from minimum to maximum adjustment position).
17 -  Eccentric washer
Inner hole with lug
18 -  Nut
Renew after removing
Always tighten threaded connections in unladen position → Chapter
95 Nm

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    Assembly overview - transverse link, multi-link suspension, front-wheel drive — Volkswagen Golf Mk7

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