2012 VW Tiguan Front Driver & Passenger Side 2 Piece Sway Bar Link Set TRQ PSA55822

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All right, so we're going to take the tire off. On most Volkswagens, there's little caps that go over these lugs. For the caps, you're going to need the tool from the spare tire kit. You'll put in and grab. It's like a hook, and you'll pull the cap out, but this vehicle does not have those on currently. We're just going to loosen up the lugs with a 17 millimeter socket and a breaker bar one at a time, just a little bit. We're going to take off the lugs. Volkswagen has lug bolts, not lug nuts. When we pull the last one off, you have to support the wheel. Otherwise, the wheel will fall. Then you grab the wheel. It comes right down.

Your sway bar link is here, back side of the strut. These nuts come off very hard sometimes, and if they're rusty, so you want to use a little bit of penetrant on that before you start. It'll make it easier to take the nuts off. We're going to use an 18 millimeter socket and ratchet and break it free. The whole stud was spinning on the back side. The first thing we're going to try, we're going to try to lock it with some locking pliers and then use a socket and ratchet to get it off.

Nope, it's still spinning. Another way to do this is on the outside of the stud, there is a triple square bit where you can put a bit. You're going to use a wrench, 18 millimeter wrench, and use an M6 triple square. Along with the locking pliers, you can hold the stud while you take them out slowly. Come off by hand, and then you're good. You pull it out. Get the locking pliers off.

Now we're going to do the lower. I'm going to put the locking pliers back on. Because it's tight in here, we're going to use a wrench. Look like this one's breaking free easier than the top. Let's loosen this. Then you can do it by hand, and it comes right out.

Here's our old part, our old link. Here's our new link from 1AAuto.com. As you can see, they're both the same size. They both have the same stud arrangement. They come with new nuts. There is a difference. If you look, this has a triple square on the old one. The new one has an Allen to hold it, which Allens are a little more easier attainable than triple squares. These are both the same, interchangeable right to left, driver's to passenger. It's the same. This will get you back on the road, and you'll be good to rock and roll.

Now we're going to reinstall our link. It doesn't matter whether you go up or down. They're both the same. For the driver's side, the stud is going to go towards the back of the vehicle. If you're on the passenger side, it will go the other way around. Insert it in the bottom one first. Install our nut. Before we tighten down, we're going to insert into the top. You might have to pull the stud up a little bit to get the right angle. There we go.

All right, we're going to tighten this nut down, but we want to hold that stud from turning. We're going to use a 5 millimeter Allen and a ratchet and our 18 millimeter wrench. We're going to put the ratchet on reverse. We're going to tighten with the wrench. There we go.

To get to the stud on this one with the Allen, this panel's in my way, so I'm going to take this panel out. We've got these T25 Torx. We're going to have to take those all out. When taking it apart, if that gets in your way, you may have to take this off, also. It's just a T25 socket extension and a small ratchet.

Now we're going to put our 18 and then our Allen. Just tighten it down. Now we're going to tighten it down. Once it's snug, then you go another almost quarter turn. There we go. We're going to reinstall this panel. Now we're going to install the tire. Line them up with the holes and hold it. We'll use a 17 millimeter socket to put our lug studs on, or lug bolts, whatever you want to call it. Now we're going to torque the lug studs to 120 newton-meters in a star pattern. When you do it in a star pattern, it makes the wheel go flush to the brake rotor properly.

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