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Automatic gearbox 097 — Dismantling and assembling 1st to 3rd gear clutch -K1- with turbine shaft on gearboxes from 11.92 onwards — AUDI

Automatic gearbox 097 — Dismantling and assembling 1st to 3rd gear clutch -K1- with turbine shaft on gearboxes from 11.92 onwards on Audi: 14 steps.

Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.

14 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform code 8G

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  • Engage locating lugs correctly.
  • Ensure that the ends of the piston rings are hooked together.
  • Press two ends of piston ring apart and remove; do not twist piston ring out of groove on one side.

📋 Procedure

  1. Press piston cap with intermediate spring ring down far enough for the circlip (arrow) to be inserted in the groove.
  2. Install pressure plate (a) with smooth side facing inner plate and stepped side towards inner plate carrier.
  3. Install 3 inner plates (b) and 2 outer plates (c).
  4. Clip in supporting ring with step (arrows) facing upwards. [Note: Engage locating lugs correctly.]
  5. Install corrugated washer and remaining plates in clutch housing .
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  1. First insert corrugated washer.
  2. Insert 2 mm thick outer plate.
  3. Insert remaining inner and outer plates.
  4. To fit circlip (black arrow), lift inner plate carrier slightly (white arrows).
  5. Ensure that the ends of the piston rings are hooked together.
  6. Press ends of piston ring together and release by hand.
  7. Press two ends of piston ring apart and remove; do not twist piston ring out of groove on one side.
  8. Fit piston ring in groove.
  9. To hook ends together press sides of ring in and guide ends over one another.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.