Servicing rear axle — AUDI
Servicing rear axle on Audi: factory workshop procedure. Full factory text, tools and checks.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.
📋 Procedure
ℹ️ Torque figures below come verbatim from workshop data — always cross-check against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening.
General:
Loadbearing and suspension elements are not to be welded and straightened.
Bonded rubber bushes can only be turned to a limited extent. Bolted joints are therefore only to be tightened when vehicle is standing on ground. Incorrectly fitted bonded rubber bushes will have a shorter service life.
Nut - 80 Nm + further 1/4 turn (90°)
Self-locking
Replace
Rear axle beam attachment to body ä 07.97 => Fig.
42-8
Rear axle beam attachment to body for vehicles 08.97 ä and for all models with 17" running gear => Fig.
42-8
Vehicle must be standing on ground when tightening nut
Bonded rubber bush
For axle beam
Pressing in => Fig.
42-6
Installation position => Fig.
42-6
Nut - 75 Nm + further 1/4 turn (90°)
Self-locking
Replace
Vehicle must be standing on ground when tightening nut
Handbrake cable
Adjusting
=> Brake System; Repair Group 46; Servicing handbrake; Adjusting handbrake
Brake System
Servicing handbrake
Adjusting handbrake
Bonded rubber bush
For diagonal strut
Pressing in => Fig.
42-7
Diagonal strut
Vehicle must be standing on ground when tightening bolted joints
Axle beam
Different versions; assignment
=> Parts List
Removing and installing=>Page
42-9
Mount
For spring
Spring
For brake pressure regulator
Spacer sleeve
Nut, 20 Nm
Suspension strut
Removing and installing=>Page
42-13
Servicing => Page
42-15
Nut, 60 Nm
Self-locking
Replace
Vehicle must be standing on ground when tightening nut
Nut, 85 Nm
Self-locking
Replace
Vehicle must be standing on ground when tightening nut
Fig.1
Pressing in bonded rubber bush for axle beam
Press in bonded rubber bush until flush.
Fig.2
Installation position of bonded rubber bush
Position of recesses -arrows- in bonded rubber bush must be transverse to longitudinal axis of link
Fig.3
Pressing in bonded rubber bush for diagonal strut
Fig.4
Rear axle beam attachment to body ä 07.97
1 -
Body
2 -
Self-locking nut
- 80 Nm + further 1/4 turn (90°)
- Replace
3 -
Axle beam
4 -
Washer
5 -
Hexagon bolt
- Replace
Note:
When performing repairs, it is possible to fit combi bolt => -Item 3-, Fig.
5
instead of hexagon bolt.
Fig.5
Rear axle beam attachment to body for vehicles 08.97 ä and for all models with 17" running gear
1 -
Body
2 -
Axle beam
3 -
Combi bolt
- 100 Nm + further 1/4 turn (90°)
- Replace
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Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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