Removing and installing heat shield (rear) for longitudinal member — AUDI
Removing and installing heat shield (rear) for longitudinal member 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 Q7 (4M, 2015–)
📋 Procedure
- Remove noise insulation (rear) .
- Remove subframe cross brace Running gear, axles, steering40Subframe; Removing and installing subframe cross brace.
- Remove bolt (1).
- Detach universal joint (2) for intermediate steering shaft from steering rack (3) and slide together.
- Unscrew nuts (arrows).
- Remove heat shield (1) downwards.
- Remove front silencer/front exhaust pipe 26Exhaust pipes/silencers; Exploded view - silencers, 26Emission control system; Exploded view - emission control system.
- Remove nuts (1, 3) and move coolant line (2) to one side.
- Unscrew nuts (arrows).
- Remove heat shield (4) downwards.
- Install intermediate steering shaft Running gear, axles, steering48Steering column; Removing and installing intermediate steering shaft.
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