Removing and installing hinges: Audi A5 Cabriolet
Step-by-step removing and installing hinges for the Audi A5 Cabriolet: 18 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 A5 Cabriolet (8F)
📋 Procedure
- Remove convertible roof compartment lid .
- Remove luggage compartment side trim (left and right) General body repairs, interior70Luggage compartment trim panels; Removing and installing luggage compartment side trim.
- Remove convertible roof compartment side trim General body repairs, interior70Luggage compartment trim panels; Overview of fitting locations - luggage compartment trim panels.
- Left side: Remove hydraulic pump and move clear to one side with lines connected .
- Unplug electrical connector (1) and detach it from bracket (press catch).
- Remove bolt (2).
- Working from side of convertible roof compartment, cut through cable tie at hydraulic cylinder.
- Press spreader pins (2) through in direction of (arrow) and detach cable duct (1) for electrical wiring harness from hinge.
- Using a screwdriver (1), release retaining clip (2) at hydraulic cylinder and pull it out to the side.
- Remove clip (3) using removal lever80 - 200.
- Move hinge to "“closed”" position and unscrew bolts (arrows).
- Pull hinge (1) out towards convertible roof compartment.
- Press off retaining clip (2) and, working from the opposite side, pull retaining pin out of hinge.
- Pull hydraulic cylinder out of mounting at hinge (leave lines connected).
- Left side: Install hydraulic pump .
- Install convertible roof compartment side trim General body repairs, interior70Luggage compartment trim panels; Overview of fitting locations - luggage compartment trim panels.
- Install luggage compartment side trim General body repairs, interior70Luggage compartment trim panels; Removing and installing luggage compartment side trim.
- Install convertible roof compartment lid .
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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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