Removing and installing cover for front wheel housing (Allroad and RS6) — AUDI
Removing and installing cover for front wheel housing (Allroad and RS6) on Audi: 11 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 C5 (4B)
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- Bonding surface for sealing strip must be free from dust and grease.
📋 Procedure
- Remove front wheel.
- Remove wheel housing liner.
- Unscrew bolts of cover.
- Detach cover sideways from vehicle.
- If necessary, remove residual adhesive from sealing strip of cover at wing.
- Bonding surface for sealing strip must be free from dust and grease.
- Remove backing at wing contact surface (arrow) from cover.
- Insert guide lugs (arrow) of cover in holes at wing.
- Press cover onto wing and secure with bolts.
- Perform further installation operations in reverse order of removal.
- Following installation, detach adhesive strip liner from cover at top edge.
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