Removing and installing operating lever for bonnet - TT RS — AUDI
Removing and installing operating lever for bonnet - TT RS 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 TT Mk2 (8J, 2006–2014)
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- Cable nipple must be inserted correctly in operating lever.
📋 Procedure
- Remove dash panel cover (driver side) General body repairs, interior68Shelves / trim panels; Removing and installing dash panel cover (driver side).
- Remove A-pillar trim (bottom) General body repairs, interior70Passenger compartment trim panels; Removing and installing A-pillar trim.
- Remove bolts (1) and (2).
- Pull cable (4) for bonnet out of support bracket and detach at idler roller (arrow).
- Disengage cable nipple (5) from operating lever (6).
- Detach mounting bracket (3) for operating lever.
- Cable nipple must be inserted correctly in operating lever.
- Insert cable in idler roller and press cable sleeve into support bracket.
- Install A-pillar trim (bottom) General body repairs, interior70Passenger compartment trim panels; Removing and installing A-pillar trim.
- Install dash panel cover (driver side) General body repairs, interior68Shelves / trim panels; Removing and installing dash panel cover (driver side).
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The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
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