Removing and installing mounting/retainer for Rear Seat Entertainment — AUDI
Removing and installing mounting/retainer for Rear Seat Entertainment on Audi: 10 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 A6/A7 C7 (4G, 2011–2018); platform code 4X
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- Risk of eye injuries.Wear safety goggles! — Drill out guides (1) and (2) for mounting for Rear Seat Entertainment with a drill (∅ 13 mm bit).
- Remove drilling chips from backrest.
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ Risk of eye injuries.Wear safety goggles! — Drill out guides (1) and (2) for mounting for Rear Seat Entertainment with a drill (∅ 13 mm bit).
- ⚠ Danger of damaging backrest cover and padding irreparably.The guides are only held in position in the retainer on the outer backrest frame by the retaining tabs (arrows).Therefore only drill out up to retainer (3) (dimension (a)) to remove. — Pull mounting (1) for Rear Seat Entertainment off retainer on outer backrest frame (arrows). [Note: Remove drilling chips from backrest.]
- Remove backrest cover and padding .
- Remove bolts (1) and (3).
- Disengage retainer (2) for Rear Seat Entertainment from outer backrest frame (arrow).
- Release catch (arrow) and disengage contact connector (2) from retainer for Rear Seat Entertainment.
- Detach retainer (1) for Rear Seat Entertainment.
- Screw M6 threaded arbor (item 2) into pop rivet nut pliersVAS 5073 and screw in pop rivet nut (1) as far as stop.
- Insert pop rivet nut with pop rivet nut pliers as far as possible into hole in outer backrest frame and squeeze pop rivet nut pliers.
- Unscrew threaded arbor again using pop rivet nut pliers.
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