Greengrass Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) Hi Guys my first post and cant find this anywhere so hope you can help. Replacing both lower control arms (front) tonight and cant find the Torque settings for control arm to cross member bolt & ball joint etc. any help / direction to a guide is much appreciated. Been all over google but keep coming up with same results for polos and MK4 golfs nothing specific to Lupo FYI I have a 1.4 16v 75hp (not sport) all is standard including boots (185/55/r14) Edited May 17, 2017 by Greengrass additional tags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James_VW Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Back of wishbone (Vertical bolt M12) = 70NM and further 180 - Renew after removing Front of wishbone (Horizontal M10) = 50NM and further 180 - Renew after removing 3x Ball joint bolts = 20NM and further 90 - Renew after removing I got these from Elsawin for a sport model but all use same wishbones Lots of people say FT but I prefer torque settings for parts like these, especially if they have captive nuts like they do. Hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greengrass Posted May 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 On 5/17/2017 at 7:38 PM, James_VW said: Back of wishbone (Vertical bolt M12) = 70NM and further 180 - Renew after removing Front of wishbone (Horizontal M10) = 50NM and further 180 - Renew after removing 3x Ball joint bolts = 20NM and further 90 - Renew after removing I got these from Elsawin for a sport model but all use same wishbones Lots of people say FT but I prefer torque settings for parts like these, especially if they have captive nuts like they do. Hope that helps Lifesaver Thanks James! Also i may do a thread on how to remove the driver side control arm as the oil pan is in the way (i have a left hand drive) and thought i was gonna have to life the engine or remove half of the car but figured it out YAY ME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj1 Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) How to: Undo rear subframe bolt Lever subframe down slightly and pull out bolt refitting is the reverse of removal. LHD isn't relevant to this is it, or is your engine and gearbox the opposite too!? Edited May 19, 2017 by cj1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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