Removing and installing trailing arm bush: Audi TT Mk1
Step-by-step removing and installing trailing arm bush for the Audi TT Mk1: 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.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi TT Mk1 (8N)
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- Mark position of mounting bracket on body.
- Mark position of mounting bracket in relation to trailing arm (with felt tip pen or similar).
📋 Procedure
- First remove spring.
- Unbolt brake pipe bracket (1) from trailing arm.
- Unclip brake pipe from brackets (arrows).
- Mark position of mounting bracket on body.
- Unbolt mounting bracket from body.
- Mark position of mounting bracket in relation to trailing arm (with felt tip pen or similar).
- Attach tools as shown in illustration.
- Pull out the bonded rubber bush by turning the spindle.
- Attach tools as shown in illustration.
- Pull in the bonded rubber bush by turning the spindle.
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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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