Removing and installing pop rivet nut for head restraint (rear) — AUDI
Removing and installing pop rivet nut for head restraint (rear) 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 A5 Cabriolet (8F)
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📋 Procedure
- ⚠ Observe safety regulations for working on Automatic Rollover Support System . — Open convertible roof until roof and roof compartment lid have reached the positions shown.
- Support convertible roof with a suitable piece of wood.
- Remove head restraint (rear) .
- Coat drill bit (∅ 6.5 mm) with grease so that drilling chips stick to bit.
- ⚠ Risk of eye injuries.Wear safety goggles! — Drill out old pop rivet nuts.
- Remove drilling chips with vacuum cleaner.
- Fit new pop rivet nuts using pop rivet pliersVAS 5072.
- Install head restraint (rear) .
- ⚠ There must not be anyone in the vicinity of the rollover bars (safety distance approx. 1 m) when connecting the battery. — Connect battery earth wire Electrical system27Battery; Disconnecting and connecting battery.
- After performing repairs to the rollover bars and after all work has been completed (also applies for new part), ALWAYS perform a final control diagnosis in the "“Guided Functions”".
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
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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