Removing and installing shock absorber for air suspension — AUDI
Removing and installing shock absorber for air suspension on Audi: 12 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 A6 C6 (4F, 2004–2011)
- Special tools named: VAS 5051
📋 Procedure
- Position vehicle on lifting platform .
- Remove wheel.
- Bleed air springs of rear axle .
- Unplug connector (2) and unclip electrical wiring.
- Unscrew fasteners (2) and pull wheel housing liner to one side.
- Remove hexagon bolts (1).
- Detach bolt connection (1).
- Take out shock absorber.
- Charge system using VAS 5051 A.
- Fit wheel.
- Stand vehicle on its wheels .
- Secure wheel Wheels and tyres44.
Other AUDI procedures
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- Installing engine – Audi A8 D4 · 36 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft timing chain · 29 torque figures
- Intake manifold (bottom section), fuel rail, injector - exploded view · 3 torque figures
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- Removing and installing mounting panel – Audi A2 · 2 torque figures
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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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