Exploded view of "„K2/K3“" clutch housing — AUDI
Exploded view of "„K2/K3“" clutch housing on Audi: 11 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 A3 (8L, 1996–2003)
📋 Procedure
- Slowly and carefully press down piston cap just far enough so that the circlip can be removed.
- Remove circlip.
- Remove piston cap and spring.
- Drive the two nesting pistons out of clutch housing.
- To do this, gently strike the upper edge of the clutch housing with a plastic hammer.
- Carefully press "„K2“" piston by hand into clutch housing as far as stop.
- Carefully press "„K3“" piston by hand into "„K2“" as far as stop.
- Fit spring, piston cap and circlip in clutch housing.
- Carefully centre piston cap before pressing it down.
- Slowly and carefully press down piston cap just far enough so that circlip can be installed.
- Fit circlip.
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