Removing and installing Bowden cable from locking mechanism to connector point — AUDI
Removing and installing Bowden cable from locking mechanism to connector point on Audi: 15 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 A5 (8T, 2007–2016)
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- The Bowden cable does not have to be adjusted.
📋 Procedure
- Remove seat bench .
- Remove backrest .
- Remove head restraint .
- Disengage cable support bracket (1) at locking mechanism (2).
- Disengage nipple of Bowden cable from release handle (3).
- Detach support plate (1) of locking mechanism (2).
- To do so, press support plate upwards (arrow A), swivel outwards (arrow B) and detach downwards (arrow C).
- Disengage cable support bracket (4) at locking mechanism (3).
- Disengage nipple (1) of Bowden cable from release handle (2).
- Unfasten retaining clip .
- Unfasten cable tie .
- Open lid (1) of connector point (2).
- Disengage cable support bracket (3).
- Disengage Bowden cable (4) from coupling of Bowden cable (5).
- Remove Bowden cable (5) with connector point (2). [Note: The Bowden cable does not have to be adjusted.]
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