Servicing steering rack: Audi Q3
Step-by-step servicing steering rack for the Audi Q3: 12 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 Q3 (8U, 2011–2018); platform code 84
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- Always draw in bonded rubber bush from above from direction of steering shaft.
- The bonded rubber bush will slide back slightly after the assembly tool T10390 is released.
- Tighten cable tie as securely as possible so that lock plate does not slip when installing power steering rack.
📋 Procedure
- Remove power steering rack .
- Attach tools from above as shown in illustration.
- Pull out bonded rubber bush.
- Note positions of bonded rubber bushes on power steering rack .
- Lubricate outside of bonded rubber bush with soapy water.
- Position bonded rubber bushes so that flattened sections are parallel and face inwards (arrows). [Note: Always draw in bonded rubber bush from above from direction of steering shaft.]
- Apply tools as shown in illustration.
- Draw bonded rubber bush in as far as stop until rubber lip has folded over edge (arrow). [Note: The bonded rubber bush will slide back slightly after the assembly tool T10390 is released.]
- Place lock plate (1) onto bonded rubber bushes so that edges and flattened areas engage.
- Fix lock plate (1) in position with a cable tie (2). [Note: Tighten cable tie as securely as possible so that lock plate does not slip when installing power steering rack.]
- Install power steering rack .
- Remove cable tie from steering rack.
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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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