Removing and installing sealing boot: Audi Q7

🧭 Before you start

Fits: Audi Q7 (4L, 2005–2015)

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• Mark relative positions of upper and lower parts.

📋 Procedure

1. Remove steering column .
2. Clamp steering column in vice and position as illustrated.
3. Mark relative positions of upper and lower parts.
4. Pull lower part off upper part with a strong jerk in direction of (arrow).
5. Remove sealing boot from lower part.

6. Before assembling, check running surface of guide on lower part (arrow) for dirt and scoring.
7. Push sealing boot onto lower part with a slight twist as shown in illustration.
8. Assemble steering column so that markings align and so that parts can only be pushed together completely with a sharp jerk.
9. If the steering column has been assembled correctly, the lower part cannot be pulled off the upper part with a normal amount of force.
10. Install steering column .

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