Removing and installing mounting base for windbreak — AUDI

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform code 42

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• Make sure that spring-loaded slide (arrow) remains in installation position. — Remove bolts (2, 3) and detach mounting base (1).
• Make sure that spring-loaded slide (arrow) remains in installation position. — Insert release button (1) with spring (2) in windbreak from underneath.

📋 Procedure

1. Prise off cap (1)(arrows).
2. Detach securing clip (3).
3. Remove bolts (2 and 4).
4. Lift off housing cover (1).
5. Detach operating levers (top (2) and bottom (1)).

6. Detach release button (1) with spring (2) downwards.
7. ⚠ Make sure that spring-loaded slide (arrow) remains in installation position. — Remove bolts (2, 3) and detach mounting base (1).
8. Dismantle new mounting base from parts set in the same way and fit at windbreak as follows:
9. Apply mounting base (1) at windbreak and secure with bolts (2 and 3).
10. ⚠ Make sure that spring-loaded slide (arrow) remains in installation position. — Insert release button (1) with spring (2) in windbreak from underneath.
11. Insert securing clip (3).
12. Insert operating lever (top) (1).
13. Insert operating lever (bottom) (2) with spring (1)(arrow).
14. Press operating lever (bottom) down (arrow) until it engages.
15. Fit housing cover (1) and tighten bolts (2 and 4). [Note: Ignore (item 3).]
16. Perform functional check:
17. Press operating lever (bottom) down (arrow 1).
18. Press down slide in bottom of mounting base (arrow 2).

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