Removing and installing shock absorbers, all wheel drive — AUDI
Removing and installing shock absorbers, all wheel drive on Audi: 11 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: VW Caddy IV (SA, 2015–2020)
- Renewed: securing bolts
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- After installing the left shock absorber, secure the fuel tank again in the correct manner.After installing the right shock absorber, attach the exhaust system heat shield.Only use new securing bolts and securing nuts.
📋 Procedure
- Raise vehicle.
- Lower fuel tank 20Fuel tank; Removing and installing fuel tank
- Unscrew nut (1).
- Pull rear left vehicle level sender G76(2) out of bracket (3).
- Detach heat shield of exhaust system.
- Place engine and gearbox jackVAS 6931 or engine and gearbox jackV.A.G 1383 A(1) under axle beam (2), and secure it using tensioning strap T10038.
- Raise axle beam (2) slightly using engine and gearbox jackVAS 6931 or engine and gearbox jackV.A.G 1383 A(1).
- Unscrew nut (1) of shock absorber threaded connection and remove securing bolt (2).
- Guide shock absorber (4) out of rear axle mounting.
- Remove bolt (3).
- Remove shock absorber (4). [Note: After installing the left shock absorber, secure the fuel tank again in the correct manner.After installing the right shock absorber, attach the exhaust system heat shield.Only use new securing bolts and securing nuts.]
🎬 Related video tutorial
Independent AUTODOC tutorial for the same job, filmed on a different model (80 B4) — the technique carries over, the fasteners and figures on this page are the ones for your car.
How to change rear shock absorbers on AUDI 80 B4 TUTORIAL
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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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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