Removing and installing belt guide (front): Audi A6 C6
Step-by-step removing and installing belt guide (front) for the Audi A6 C6: 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 A6 C6 (4F, 2004–2011)
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- Make sure that the belt (4) can move freely.
📋 Procedure
- Remove B-pillar trim (top).
- Remove B-pillar trim (bottom) .
- Remove spreader rivets (2x).
- Remove air duct.
- Unscrew bolts (3).
- Disengage spring element (arrow A).
- Slide belt guide (1) down as far as it will go.
- Disengage retaining hooks (arrow B) out of key-hole opening.
- Detach belt guide (1).
- Engage retaining hooks (arrow B) in key-hole opening.
- Slide belt guide (1) up as far as it will go.
- Screw in bolts (3) (2x) and tighten to specified torque.
- Make sure that the belt (4) can move freely.
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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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