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Adjusting Front Camber






Adjusting Front Camber

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Torque wrench (V.A.G 1332)

• Correct the camber according to Body Collision only. Camber corrections are not possible. Moving the subframe can also adjust it.

• Slide subframe only toward left or right, under no circumstances in or against direction of travel!

Perform The Following:

- Remove the lower noise insulation.

- Loosen the subframe bolts - 1 - through - 4 - on the body.






- Loosen the subframe bolts - 5 - and - 6 - on the body.






Adjusting the camber is limited by the subframe hole tolerances. If moving the subframe does not reach the specified value, then check the installation.

- By moving the subframe, only the specified value of the camber can be adjusted.

- Bolt on subframe to body with additional torque angle using new bolts.

- Remove the bolts - 1 - and remove the footwell trim panel - 2 -.






There must be at least 5 mm of free space all around between universal joint - 1 - and cutout of bulkhead - 2 -.






Tightening Specifications