Control Bracket Support — Removal and Installation (Opel Ascona C)

All models.

1. The check bracket is usually removed during engine, gearbox or drive shaft disassembly, and the operations described here are aimed at accomplishing just that purpose. However, if you are removing the support for replacement or repair, then you must first disconnect the control bracket from it by unscrewing the corresponding bolts.

2. Raise the front of the car and remove the road wheel.

3. Disconnect the anti-roll rod from the control bracket by unscrewing the nuts on the link at the end of the rod.

Short type support - 1.3, 1.6 except GLS

4. Unscrew the two smaller bolts that secure the support to the underbody (photo).



5. Unscrew the larger bolt from underneath where it is located in the center, but do not remove it.

6. The support is located on the positioning dowel and you will now need an extractor to remove it.

7. A suitable tool can be made by modifying a two-legged extractor as shown (photo). The important detail is the shape of the anchor bolt heads, which must be inserted into the small rectangular recesses located at the bottom of the support. Then they need to be turned 90 degrees to provide reliable support for the tool (photo).







8. If the extractor bolt is now positioned opposite the head of the larger support bolt and you tighten it, this will cause the support to jump off the dowel and hang on the partially unscrewed center bolt (photo).





9. Remove the central bolt and lower the support (photo).



10. Assembly is carried out in the reverse order, but all threaded holes at the bottom must be cleaned of the old mixture blocking the threads. Always use new bolts that come already treated with a thread locking compound.

11. Tighten the support bolts to the specified torque value (photo).

Long type support - 1.6 GLS and 1.8.

12. On these models the control bracket support is held in place by six bolts and is not located on a dowel like the short type support just discussed (photo).







13. Apart from this, and the fact that you do not need any special tools, the removal and installation operations are similar to those just described; but before removing the support, sketch out the support positions front and back to ensure proper assembly later.

14. Bolt threads must be cleaned and lubricated with fresh thread locking compound before they can be tightened to the specified torque values.