Removing and installing rear belt height adjuster (2nd row) — AUDI
Removing and installing rear belt height adjuster (2nd row) 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 Q7 (4L, 2005–2015)
📋 Procedure
- Detach C-pillar trim from body .
- Move C-pillar trim to side with belt webbing attached.
- Remove bolt (3).
- Detach guide fitting (2) with belt (1).
- Remove bolt (5).
- Lift belt height adjuster (4) off C-pillar. [Note: When supplied as replacement parts, belt height adjusters are always set to bottom detent position (assembly position).If belt height adjusters are removed and re-fitted, they must be set to bottom detent position (assembly position).]
- Engage belt height adjuster (4) in C-pillar.
- Screw in bolt (5) and tighten to specified torque.
- Install guide fitting (2) and tighten bolt (3) to specified torque.
- Attach C-pillar trim to body .
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