Renewing bearing bushes and guide pins — AUDI
Renewing bearing bushes and guide pins on Audi: 11 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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- Grease guide pin before installing.
📋 Procedure
- Remove bolts (1) on brake caliper.
- Detach brake caliper.
- Pull protective cap (9) out of groove in brake carrier.
- Pull guide pin (8) out of brake carrier.
- Pull protective cap off guide pin.
- Grease guide pin before installing.
- Slide protective cap over groove on guide pin.
- Push guide pin (8) with protective cap (9) through brake carrier.
- Press protective cap over groove on brake carrier.
- Install brake caliper.
- Screw in and tighten bolts (1).
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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.
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