Removing and installing anti-roll bar: Audi A8 D3
Step-by-step removing and installing anti-roll bar for the Audi A8 D3: 35 steps, 4 torque figures. What to remove, what to tighten and to how many Nm.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A8 D3 (4E, 2002–2010)
- Special tools named: puller
- Renewed: anti-roll bar
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- Mark position of eccentric washer at subframe.
- Do not loosen track rod nut (1).
- Initially only hand-tighten bolts/nuts for components with bonded rubber bush. Wheel bearing housing must first be raised (to reference position) before tightening bolts/nuts .
- Turn eccentric washer to mark made on subframe and tighten nut (2).
- Raise suspension into reference position before tightening bolts in the following steps .
🔩 Torque settings
Values can differ between engine variants — check the code stamped on your block.
| Torque | Fastener / step |
|---|---|
| 20 Nm (15 lb-ft) | Remove bolts 14 |
| 25 Nm (18 lb-ft) | Remove bolts -arrow- for exhaust pipe bracket and heat shield on left and right sides at… |
| 25 Nm (18 lb-ft) | Remove nuts 12 |
| 40 Nm (30 lb-ft) | Install new clamps so that the ends of the bolts do not protrude beyond the bottom of the… |
ℹ️ Always cross-check the exact figure against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening — a wrong torque can damage the engine. These values are extracted from workshop data and may not cover every variant or revision.
📋 Procedure
- Position vehicle on lifting platform .
- Remove wheel trim; on light-alloy wheels, pull off trim cap (use puller in vehicle tool kit).
- Remove rear wheels.
- Remove rear section of exhaust system 26.
- Detach anti-roll bar from coupling rods (arrow).
- Detach air spring strut from transverse link and swivel to the rear (reference position) .
- Mark position of eccentric washer at subframe.
- Unscrew nut (2). Take out eccentric washer and eccentric bolt. [Note: Do not loosen track rod nut (1).]
- Swivel down track rod.
- Unscrew bolts (1) evenly.
- Take clamp (2) out of recess (3) at subframe.
- Detach clamps from rubber bushes.
- Turn anti-roll bar so that bushes for coupling rods are facing downwards.
- Take out anti-roll bar with rubber bushes towards the right side.
- Check rubber bushes for cracks. Renew anti-roll bar if bushes are damaged.
- Initially only hand-tighten bolts/nuts for components with bonded rubber bush. Wheel bearing housing must first be raised (to reference position) before tightening bolts/nuts .
- Insert anti-roll bar with rubber bushes from the right side.
- Swivel anti-roll bar in subframe into installation position.
- Press clamps onto rubber bushes.
- Engage clamp (2) on both sides in recess (3) at subframe.
- Evenly screw in and hand-tighten bolts (1) on both sides.
- Tighten bolts (1) evenly .
- Secure anti-roll bar to coupling rod (arrow).
- Swivel track rod into subframe.
- Insert eccentric bolt and eccentric washer.
- Turn eccentric washer to mark made on subframe and tighten nut (2).
- Detach support T10149 and engine/gearbox jackV.A.G 1383 A.
- Raise suspension into reference position before tightening bolts in the following steps .
- Tighten bolts (1) evenly .
- Secure anti-roll bar to coupling rod (arrow).
- Detach support T10149 and engine/gearbox jackV.A.G 1383 A.
- For further assembly procedure refer to instructions on onwards.
- Fit and secure wheels Wheels and tyres44.
- Set down vehicle on its wheels .
- Check and adjust wheel alignment .
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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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