Removing and installing Bowden cable for operating lever for bonnet lock — AUDI
Removing and installing Bowden cable for operating lever for bonnet lock on Audi: 16 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: platform code FV
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- Press housing cover (1) on so that arrow marking points in direction of free connection on coupling unit.
📋 Procedure
- Remove mounting bracket for operating lever for bonnet lock .
- Remove bracket for onboard supply control unit Electrical system97Relay carriers, fuse carriers, electronics boxes; Overview of fitting locations - relay carriers, fuse carriers, electronics boxes.
- Remove plenum chamber cover .
- Remove bolts (1, 3).
- Release catch (arrow) and detach cover (2).
- Move clear coolant hose (2).
- Release catches (arrows) and detach cowl (top section) (1).
- Unscrew bolt (arrow) (left and right).
- Unclip and detach cowl (bottom section) (1).
- Release fasteners (arrows) and detach housing cover (1).
- Release Bowden cable (4) from support bracket (3) and disengage Bowden cable nipple (2).
- Move Bowden cable clear at lock carrier and at body.
- Detach grommet and pull Bowden cable out towards outside.
- Engage Bowden cable nipple (3) in roller of coupling unit (2) and press Bowden cable into support bracket, as shown in illustration.
- Press housing cover (1) on so that arrow marking points in direction of free connection on coupling unit.
- Adjust Bowden cable using knurled wheel so that bonnet locks are released simultaneously.
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