Removing and installing lever for engaging Bowden cable and spring for seat longitudinal adjustment — AUDI
Removing and installing lever for engaging Bowden cable and spring for seat longitudinal adjustment on Audi: 12 steps.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A4 B8 (8K, 2007–2015)
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- The lever for engaging the Bowden cable is identical on the driver's and the front passenger's seats. The spring differs on the driver's and front passenger's seats.
📋 Procedure
- Move seat as far towards top and rear as possible.
- Disengage support bracket for Bowden cable (1) at seat longitudinal adjuster (2).
- Disengage Bowden cable end piece (arrow) at lever for engaging Bowden cable (3) for seat longitudinal adjustment.
- Turn lever for engaging Bowden cable forwards and detach it (key-hole principle).
- Remove spring if necessary. [Note: The lever for engaging the Bowden cable is identical on the driver's and the front passenger's seats. The spring differs on the driver's and front passenger's seats.]
- Install spring correctly.
- Engage spring at locations marked (1) and (2).
- Turn spring at lever (3) in clockwise direction.
- Guide spring around tab (4) and let it make contact at position (5).
- Engage spring at locations marked (1) and (2).
- Turn spring at lever (3) in anti-clockwise direction.
- Guide spring around tab (4) and let it make contact at position (5).
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