Clutch "“D/G”" with freewheel — AUDI
Clutch "“D/G”" with freewheel on Audi: 10 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A4 Cabriolet B6/B7 (8H), Audi A4 B5 (8D), Audi A4 B6/B7 (8E), Audi A6 C5 (4B), Audi A8 D2 (4D)
- Renewed: freewheel inner race, rectangular section seals
📋 Procedure
- Renew freewheel with freewheel cage (1).
- Check running surfaces of brass bushes (arrows) on inside of freewheel inner race for wear.
- Renew freewheel inner race.
- Rub down running surface one or two times with abrasive paper and oil (grain size 600).
- Wipe off thoroughly with a clean cloth and check running surfaces.
- Renew freewheel inner race. [Note: Always renew rectangular section seals. Nevertheless, the wear pattern on the rectangular section seals gives an indication of the condition of the contact surface for the seals. For this reason it is always advisable to check the rectangular section seals for wear.]
- Renew freewheel inner race.
- Renew cylinder "“F”".
- Check inner and outer surfaces of cylinder "“D/G”" for scoring by friction plates.
- Renew cylinder "“D/G”".
Other AUDI procedures
- Removing and installing toothed belt – Audi · 56 torque figures
- Removing engine – Audi A8 D3 · 41 torque figures
- Removing camshaft timing chain from camshafts – Audi A6/A7 C7 · 38 torque figures
- Installing engine – Audi A8 D4 · 36 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft timing chain · 29 torque figures
- Removing and installing vacuum pump (2.8 ltr. petrol engine) · 1 torque figures
- Removing and installing control unit for front display and information control panel J523, MMI (up to week 35/08) · 1 torque figures
- Removing and installing MMI display (up to week 35/08) – Audi · 1 torque figures
- Removing and installing digital sound package control unit J525 (BOSE 6000), MMI (from week 36/08 onwards) · 1 torque figures
- Removing and installing telephone bracket R126 (centre console) · 1 torque figures
Who makes these pages, and how
TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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