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Removing and installing mounting bracket with strut — AUDI

Removing and installing mounting bracket with strut 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.

11 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Caddy III (2K, 2004–2015); platform code 2C0

📋 Procedure

  1. Remove steering column .
  2. Remove centre section of plenum chamber bulkhead 50Assembly overview - plenum chamber bulkhead.
  3. Remove bolt (arrow) in plenum chamber.
  4. Remove bolts (arrows) under bracket.
  5. Remove bolts (arrows).
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  1. Mounting bracket with strut can now be detached from body.
  2. Position mounting bracket, fit all 4 bolts and then tighten bolts prescribed torque.
  3. Secure strut to body by tightening bolt (arrow) to prescribed torque.
  4. Now tighten securing bolt for mounting bracket and strut (arrow) to prescribed torque.
  5. Install steering column.
  6. Carry out basic setting for steering angle sender G85 using .

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.