Removing and installing front and rear upper links: Audi A8 D3
Step-by-step removing and installing front and rear upper links for the Audi A8 D3: 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: Audi A8 D3 (4E, 2002–2010)
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- Adjust both links before tightening.
📋 Procedure
- Position vehicle on lifting platform .
- Remove air spring strut .
- Clamp air spring strut in vice with soft jaws.
- Unbolt both links.
- Attach both links to mounting bracket.
- Adjust both links before tightening.
- Position straightedge (A) so it is in flat contact.
- Set front upper link to dimension (a) and tighten to specified torque setting only .
- After tightening bolt to torque setting (without turning further), check adjustment and repeat adjustment if necessary.
- Position straightedge (A) so it is in flat contact.
- Set rear upper link to dimension (a) and tighten to specified torque setting only .
- After tightening bolt to torque setting (without turning further), check adjustment and repeat adjustment if necessary.
- Tighten bolts securing upper links.
- Tighten bolts at mounting bracket .
- Fit and secure wheel Wheels and tyres44.
- Set down vehicle on its wheels .
🎬 Related video tutorial
Independent AUTODOC tutorial for the same job, filmed on a different model (A6 C5 Avant) — the technique carries over, the fasteners and figures on this page are the ones for your car.
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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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