Removing height adjustment unit: Audi TT Mk1
Step-by-step removing height adjustment unit for the Audi TT Mk1: 14 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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- Actuate height adjustment handle. Gas-filled strut must be released after approx. half distance. Re-set adjuster (2) if necessary.
📋 Procedure
- Remove seat .
- Remove height adjustment handle .
- Remove seat side trim .
- Remove seat cushion .
- Disengage nipple (3) at lever.
- Disengage Bowden cable (5) at adjuster (2).
- Press out pins (4) (3x) from outside.
- Take out height adjustment unit (1).
- Engage nipple (3) at lever.
- Lay cable around idler wheel.
- Engage Bowden cable (5) at adjuster (2).
- Turn adjuster (2) until cable makes contact with idler wheel.
- Attach height adjustment handle.
- Actuate height adjustment handle. Gas-filled strut must be released after approx. half distance. Re-set adjuster (2) if necessary.
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