Removing and installing bonded rubber bush for guide link — AUDI
Removing and installing bonded rubber bush for guide link on Audi: 12 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/A7 C7 (4G, 2011–2018); platform code 4X
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- Mark installation position (arrow) on bonded rubber bush (4) at top and bottom.
- Hold the guide link when pressing the bonded rubber bush in or out.
- Transfer marking for installation position from old bonded rubber bush to new bush.
- Make sure bonded rubber bush remains straight while pressing in.
- Note marking made before removal (arrow).
📋 Procedure
- Mark installation position (arrow) on bonded rubber bush (4) at top and bottom.
- Set up special tools as shown in illustration:
- Press bonded rubber bush (4) out of guide link (5). [Note: Hold the guide link when pressing the bonded rubber bush in or out.]
- Transfer marking for installation position from old bonded rubber bush to new bush.
- Lightly lubricate new bush with assembly lubricantElectronic parts catalogue.
- Fit bonded rubber bush (4) into guide link (5) (note correct installation position).
- Set up special tools as shown in illustration: [Note: Make sure bonded rubber bush remains straight while pressing in.]
- Press bonded rubber bush (4) into guide link (5).
- Note marking made before removal (arrow).
- Check installation depth (a) of bonded rubber bush in guide link.
- If dimension (a) is not attained, press bonded rubber bush in further.
- Install guide link .
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