Audi A4: Bumper Cover Bracket, Removing and Installing
- Follow the safety precautions. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.00; Safety Precautions; Safety Precautions when Working on Pyrotechnic Components.
Removing
- Remove the impact member. Refer to → Chapter "Impact Member, Removing and Installing".
CAUTION
Pyrotechnic components may deploy unintentionally.
Risk of injury.
- Discharge static electricity by briefly touching the door striker.
- Vehicles with pedestrian protection: Disconnect the connector -1- from the pedestrian protection crash sensor and free up the wiring harness -2-.
- Remove the bolts -arrows-.
- Push the mounting bracket -2- with the release cable for the release lever hook in the direction of lock carrier.
- Remove the bumper cover bracket -1- forward.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal and note the following:
- Push the bracket downward before tightening the bolts.
Tightening Specifications
- Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Lock Carrier"
Spring Element for Bumper Cover Bracket, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Pop Rivet Nut Pliers -VAS5072A-
- Drill
- Pop rivets. Refer to the Parts Catalog.
Removing
- Remove the impact member. Refer to → Chapter "Impact Member, Removing and Installing".
- Drill out the rivet heads -arrows-, drive out the rivet shafts and remove any rivet remnants.
- Remove the spring element -1- for the bumper cover bracket.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal and note the following:
- Push the spring element all the way down and tighten the bolt.
- Adjust the spring element. Refer to → Chapter "Height, Adjusting using Spring Element".
Tightening Specifications
- Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Lock Carrier"
READ NEXT:
Fender
Overview - Fender
1 -
Nut
8 Nm
2 -
Outer Fender Brace
Removing and installing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Brace and Outer Fender Brace, Removing and Installing".
3 -&n
Fender, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Pop Rivet Nut Pliers -VAS5072A-
Drill
Pop rivets. Refer to the Parts Catalog.
Follow the safety precautions. Refer to
→ Body Interior; Re
Fender Brace, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Remove the front wheel housing liner. Refer to
→ Chapter "Front Wheel Housing Liner, Removing and Installing".
- Remove the front wheel spoiler. Refer to
→ Chapter
SEE MORE:
CV Joint, Servicing
Outer CV Joint, Removing
- Clamp the drive axle in a vise with protective covers.
- Open both clamps and remove the CV boot from the outer
joint.
- Drive out the CV joint from the drive axle with a copper or
brass mandrel -A- on the inner
ring.
- Remove joint and CV boot.
Out
General Information
Vehicles with a High Voltage System (Hybrid Vehicles)
Extremely Dangerous Due to High-Voltage
The high-voltage system is under high-voltage. Death or serious
bodily injury by electric shock.
- Individuals with electronic/medical life- and health sustaining
machines in or on their person canno
