Removing and installing base for shift unit: Audi Q7
Step-by-step removing and installing base for shift unit for the Audi Q7: 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 Q7 (4L, 2005–2015)
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- The centring bracket is only required for production purposes.
- Make sure seal is properly seated on base for shift unit.
📋 Procedure
- Remove shift unit .
- Press rubber sleeve (arrow) forwards out of base for shift unit.
- Detach retaining hooks (1) and (2).
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Pull base (1) for shift unit slightly towards rear and unscrew bolts (arrows) for centring bracket (2).
- Lift off base for shift unit.
- Lift off centring bracket (does not have to be re-installed). [Note: The centring bracket is only required for production purposes.]
- Make sure seal is properly seated on base for shift unit.
- Carefully insert rubber sleeve (arrow) on selector lever cable into base for shift unit all around.
- Install shift unit .
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