Measuring steering travel (mechanical measurement): Audi Q7
Step-by-step measuring steering travel (mechanical measurement) for the Audi Q7: 13 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 Q7 (4L, 2005–2015)
- Special tools named: VAS 5051
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- If dimension (a) is not correct, check that left and right sides are the same.
📋 Procedure
- First measure steering travel via "“Guided Fault Finding”" using .
- Connect VAS 5051 and select Fault finding (via "“Function/component selection”") .
- Vehicles with air suspension: put vehicle on lifting platform .
- Detach rubber boot (left-side) from steering rack.
- Turn steering from centre position to full right lock.
- Measure dimension (a) as shown. [Note: If dimension (a) is not correct, check that left and right sides are the same.]
- Detach rubber boot (right-side) from steering rack.
- Turn the steering to full left lock.
- Measure distance between steering rack and steering travel restrictor or hexagon flats on track rod once again.
- Measure dimension (a) as shown. [Note: If dimension (a) is not correct, check that left and right sides are the same.]
- Detach rubber boot (right-side) from steering rack.
- Turn the steering to full left lock.
- Measure distance between steering rack and steering travel restrictor or hexagon flats on track rod once again.
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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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