Removing and installing heat shield for tunnel (centre), Audi RS Q3 — AUDI
Removing and installing heat shield for tunnel (centre), Audi RS Q3 on Audi: 10 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 Q3 (8U, 2011–2018); platform code 84
📋 Procedure
- Remove underbody covers (left and right) .
- Remove heat shield for propshaft .
- Remove exhaust system 26Exhaust pipes/silencers; Removing and installing silencers.
- Remove cross piece .
- Remove bolts (arrows) at centre propshaft bearing (2).
- Detach propshaft from rear final drive Rear final drive39Propshaft; Removing and installing propshaft.
- Detach heat shield (1) towards rear.
- Install propshaft Rear final drive39Propshaft; Removing and installing propshaft.
- Install exhaust system 26Exhaust pipes/silencers; Removing and installing silencers.
- Install heat shield for propshaft .
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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.
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