Exploded view of rear axle (four-wheel drive vehicles) — AUDI
Exploded view of rear axle (four-wheel drive vehicles) on Audi: factory workshop procedure. Full factory text, tools and checks.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.
📋 Procedure
ℹ️ Torque figures below come verbatim from workshop data — always cross-check against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening.
Exploded view of rear axle (four-wheel drive vehicles)
Before performing repair work at the rear axle of the Audi allroad, the vehicle height must be deactivated at normal level
Chapter
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Note
Always renew self-locking bolts/nuts.
Hexagon bolt M 8 x 22
Anti-roll bar
Hose clip
Self-locking nut
25 Nm
Always renew after removing
Hexagon bolt M 10 x 50
Coupling rod
Installation position: Bend faces outwards
Self-locking nut
50 Nm
Always renew after removing
Threads in wheel housing
Servicing
Chapter
Hexagon bolt
45 Nm
Suspension strut
Note different spring versions; see vehicle data sticker
Chapter
Dismantling and assembling
Chapter
Self-locking nut
70 Nm + turn +90° further
Always renew after removing
Washer
Upper link
Washer
Self-locking nut
Always renew after removing
Hexagon bolt M 12 x 1.5 x 95
Always renew after removing
Hexagon bolt M 12 x 1.5 x 95
70 Nm + turn +90° further
Always renew after removing
Hexagon bolt
55 Nm
Self-locking nut
100 Nm
Always renew after removing
Eccentric washer
Wheel bearing housing
Steel version
Chapter
Aluminium version
Chapter
The aluminium version is fitted with a packing plate between the wheel bearing housing and coupling rod
Eccentric bolt
Lower wishbone
Heed the removal and installation instructions for vehicles with automatic headlight range control
Chapter
Eccentric bolt
Track rod
The bonded rubber bushes are not available as replacement parts
Different versions possible. Refer to
Electronic parts catalogue
Hexagon bolt
Heed the different tightening torques:
For steel wheel bearing housing and RS 6: 90 Nm
For aluminium wheel bearing housing: 110 Nm
Washer
Self-locking nut
Always renew after removing
The aluminium wheel bearing housing is fitted with a threaded plate
Self-locking nut
100 Nm
Always renew after removing
Eccentric washer
Hexagon bolt M 12 x 1.5 x 100
70 Nm + turn +90° further
Always renew after removing
Self-locking nut
70 Nm + turn +90° further
Always renew after removing
Self-locking nut
Always renew after removing
Self-locking nut
95 Nm
Always renew after removing
Hexagon bolt M 12 x 1.5 x 80
95 Nm
Subframe
Replacing bonded rubber bush with steel subframe
Chapter
Replacing bonded rubber bush with aluminium subframe
Chapter
Heed the removal and installation instructions for vehicles with automatic headlight range control
Chapter
Pay attention to the spacers for the allroad
Chapter
Hexagon bolt
Always renew after removing
Hexagon bolt
Always renew after removing
Tightening torques:
Subframe to body
Use new bolts
110 Nm + 90°
Damper to link
Use new bolts
70 Nm + 90°
Brake calliper to holder
Use new bolts
30 Nm
Propshaft to final drive
Use new bolts
Use thread cutter to re-cut thread in final drive flange
55 Nm
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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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