Removing and installing gearbox mounting and tunnel cross member — AUDI
Removing and installing gearbox mounting and tunnel cross member 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 A4 Cabriolet B6/B7 (8H), Audi A4 B6/B7 (8E)
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- The gearbox support T10337 can also be used in place of the block of wood (1).
📋 Procedure
- If fitted, open quick-release fasteners (2 ... 3) and detach rear noise insulation (B).
- Disconnect exhaust system at clamp (arrows).
- Use engine and gearbox jackV.A.G 1383 A to lift gearbox up slightly. Insert a wooden block (1) between gearbox and gearbox jack. [Note: The gearbox support T10337 can also be used in place of the block of wood (1).]
- First remove bolts (3) and then bolts (2) at tunnel cross member.
- Lower gearbox slightly.
- Unscrew the two nuts (1) and push tunnel cross member backwards slightly.
- Remove bolts (2) for gearbox mounting (1) and detach gearbox mounting.
- Secure gearbox mounting (1) with bolts (2). Tightening torque
- Bolt tunnel cross member onto gearbox mounting (1). Tightening torque
- Lift gearbox until bolts (2) can be fitted.
- Screw in bolts (2) and bolts (3) hand-tight.
- Tighten bolts (2). Tightening torque
- Tighten bolts (3). Tightening torque
- Install exhaust system so it is free of stress Engine, mechanics26.
- Install noise insulation below gearbox.
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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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