Removing and installing mounting with drive unit for rear spoiler — AUDI
Removing and installing mounting with drive unit for rear spoiler 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.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform code 42
📋 Procedure
- Extend spoiler Owner's Manual.
- Remove bumper cover mounting (centre) .
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Detach cover (left-side) (1) for tail light.
- Lift out mounting (2) with drive unit for rear spoiler and guide out electrical connector (4). [Note: Ignore (item 3).]
- Insert mounting (B) with drive unit for rear spoiler in rear member, secure in position with bolt (1) and align mounting Gap widths at rear spoiler.
- Use bolt (2) to secure mounting with drive unit for rear spoiler in position in elongated hole.
- Tighten bolt (3) to specified torque.
- Position tail light covers (left (A) and right (C)).
- Tighten bolts (1, 2, 4) to specified torque.
- Install bumper cover mounting (centre) .
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