Removing and installing support for centre armrest (front) — AUDI
Removing and installing support for centre armrest (front) on Audi: 24 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.
📋 Procedure
- Remove centre armrest (front) .
- Open centre armrest (front).
- Use removal wedge3409 to carefully prise cover off padding, starting at bottom of cover.
- Pull cover downwards out of armrest padding (arrow).
- Press retaining tab (1) and simultaneously push armrest padding downwards (arrow) until lugs on armrest padding disengage out of openings on support for centre armrest (front).
- Use removal wedge3409 to prise rear edge of storage compartment off support for centre armrest (front) (arrow 1).
- Lift storage compartment including handle off support for centre armrest (front) in direction of (arrow 2).
- Unplug electrical connector on underside of storage compartment (arrow). [Note: Disregard items (1) and (2).]
- Remove storage compartment.
- Unscrew bolts on underside of storage compartment (arrows).
- Unplug electrical connector (1) for telephone aerial.
- Unscrew printed circuit board for telephone (arrows).
- Unplug electrical connector.
- Remove storage compartment.
- Fold base of centre armrest (2) upwards as far as it will go (arrow).
- Lever out gasket (1) using a small screwdriver.
- Unclip front trim for base of centre armrest (1) using a small screwdriver (arrow) and then remove trim.
- Fold base of centre armrest (1) downwards as far as it will go (arrow).
- Open centre armrest (front).
- Unhook retaining tab (3) of rear trim for base of centre armrest (2) at support for centre armrest (front).
- Remove rear trim for base of centre armrest.
- Ensure that the armrest padding engages correctly with the support for the centre armrest (front).
- Ensure that the cover engages correctly with the padding.
- Install centre armrest (front) .
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