Checking and adjusting convertible top locks: Audi A4 Cabriolet B6/B7

🧭 Before you start

Fits: Audi A4 Cabriolet B6/B7 (8H)

📋 Procedure

1. Check the mutual positioning of the convertible top lock and backing plate.
2. If necessary, adjust the position of the backing plate (2).
3. Unfasten the wire clips and press the two connecting rods (3) off the ball studs.
4. Check whether the convertible top locks have reached their end position by pressing firmly on the ball stud (4) in closing direction.
5. Slacken off the bolts of the convertible top lock motor V223 by roughly one turn.

6. On the right side of the vehicle, attach the connecting rod (3) to the ball stud (4).
7. Tighten the bolts of the convertible top lock motor V223.
8. On the left side of the vehicle, slacken off the lock nut (5) and adjust the ball stud by screwing the thread in or out.
9. Set the connecting rod (3) so as to permit a suction fit on the ball stud (4).
10. Tighten the lock nut in this position.

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