Removing and installing front seat backrest (front bucket seat) — AUDI
Removing and installing front seat backrest (front bucket seat) on Audi: 27 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 TT Mk2 (8J, 2006–2014)
- Renewed: seat pan
📋 Procedure
- Remove seat .
- Attach seat repair standVAS 6136 to engine and gearbox supportVAS 6095.
- Attach front seat to seat repair standVAS 6136.
- Remove side trim (sill side) .
- Remove side trim (tunnel side) .
- Unplug electrical connector for seat heating .
- Drill out two pop rivets on retaining plate for connectors using ∅ 4.0 mm bit and guide electric wiring for seat heating out from beneath retaining plate .
- Move electrical wiring clear at seat pan.
- Unscrew bolts (1, 3, 10).
- Unscrew bolts (6 and 8) and set down backrest behind seat pan.
- Remove seat pan.
- Renew seat pan if threads have been damaged or torn out.
- Apply locking fluid when fitting bolts (locking fluid Parts catalogue).
- Remove seat .
- Attach seat repair standVAS 6136 to engine and gearbox supportVAS 6095.
- Attach front seat to seat repair standVAS 6136.
- Remove side trim (sill side) .
- Remove side trim (tunnel side) .
- Unplug connector for backrest heating .
- Drill out two pop rivets on retaining plate for connectors using ∅ 4.0 mm bit and guide electric wiring for backrest heating out from beneath retaining plate .
- Unscrew bolts (1, 3, 10).
- Unscrew bolts (6 and 8) and set down backrest behind seat pan.
- Remove seat pan (5).
- Detach backrest and remove wiring harness from seat frame.
- Apply locking fluid when fitting bolts (locking fluid Parts catalogue).
- Use ∅ 4.0 mm bit to drill out pop rivets (arrows).
- Unplug electrical connectors:
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