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Removing and installing torque reaction support: Audi A6 C6 (ASB, AUK, BDX, BKH, …)

Step-by-step removing and installing torque reaction support for the Audi A6 C6: 10 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.

10 steps 33 engine codes engine codes merged from 8 documented variants

🧭 Before you start

Fits: Audi A6 C6 (4F, 2004–2011)

  • Opens: coolant
  • Renewed: o-rings

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  • Renew the bolts tightened with specified tightening angle.Renew O-rings.

📐 20 workshop diagrams for ASB

Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.

Removing and installing torque reaction support — ASB · diagram 1
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📋 Procedure

  1. Drain off coolant .
  2. Remove bolts (arrows) for torque reaction support.
  3. Place drip tray for workshop hoistVAS 6208 under engine.
  4. Remove bolts (arrows).
  5. Detach front coolant pipe from engine and coolant pump.
ASB? Steps differ between engine variants — check this job against your exact car before you commit to it. Check my car — free →
  1. Remove torque reaction support. [Note: Renew the bolts tightened with specified tightening angle.Renew O-rings.]
  2. Move torque reaction support to installation position.
  3. Install coolant pipe (front) .
  4. Install stop for torque reaction support to allow rubber buffer for torque reaction support to rest at top and bottom without play and then tighten bolts (arrows).
  5. Fill cooling system .
Workshop diagrams

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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.

Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.