Removing and installing splash plate, front-wheel drive vehicles — AUDI
Removing and installing splash plate, front-wheel drive vehicles on Audi: 13 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), Audi A5 (8T, 2007–2016), Audi A4 B8 (8K, 2007–2015)
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- Make sure that brake hose is properly clipped into retainer on hub carrier and securely seated. Otherwise, there is a risk that the brake hose will not remain in the retainer.
📋 Procedure
- Raise the vehicle.
- Remove wheels.
- Remove rear brake disc .
- Remove wheel bearing housing Running gear42Rear suspension; Wheel bearing housing, wheel bearing unit, shock absorber - front-wheel drive vehicles.
- Remove bolts on splash plate.
- Detach splash plate.
- Fit splash plate.
- Screw in and tighten bolts on splash plate.
- Install wheel bearing housing Running gear42Rear suspension; Wheel bearing housing, wheel bearing unit, shock absorber - front-wheel drive vehicles.
- Install rear brake disc .
- Clip brake hose and electrical wire into retainer on hub carrier. [Note: Make sure that brake hose is properly clipped into retainer on hub carrier and securely seated. Otherwise, there is a risk that the brake hose will not remain in the retainer.]
- Fit wheels.
- Lower vehicle.
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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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