Audi A4: Front Center Armrest

Overview - Front Center Armrest

1 - Center Armrest Support Base

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Front Center Armrest, Removing and Installing".

2 - Front Cover

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Center Armrest Upper Section, Removing and Installing".
• Press on until it engages audibly

3 - Bolt

• 1.2 Nm
• Quantity: 2

4 - Hinge Arm Front Trim Panel

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Hinge Arm Trim Panels, Removing and Installing".
• Press on until it engages audibly

5 - Hinge Arm Rear Trim Panel

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Hinge Arm Trim Panels, Removing and Installing".
• Press on until it engages audibly

6 - Center Armrest Upper Section

• Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Center Armrest Upper Section, Removing and Installing".

7 - Bolt

• 3 Nm
• Quantity: 2

8 - Bolt

• 3 Nm
• Quantity: 4

Front Center Armrest, Removing and Installing

Removing

- Remove the center console (refer to → Chapter "Center Console, Removing and Installing") and place it on a soft surface.

- Remove the screws -arrows- for the center armrest -1-.

- Flip up the center armrest.

- Disengage the side of the center console from the center armrest.

- On the back of the center console -1-, push the sides outward in the direction of -arrows- from the center armrest and remove the center armrest -2-.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal.

Installation instructions: For example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Front Center Armrest".

Center Armrest Upper Section, Removing and Installing

Special tools and workshop equipment required

• Pry Lever -80-200-

Removing, Version 1

- Flip up the center armrest.

- Starting at the back, unclip the cover -1- from the center armrest in the direction of -arrows- using the Pry Lever -80-200-.

- Unclip the cover completely and remove it.

- Remove the bolts -1 and 2-.

- Disengage the center armrest upper section -2- in the direction of -arrow- and remove it.

Removing, Version 2

- Flip up the center armrest.

- Starting at the back, unclip the cover -1- from the center armrest in the direction of -arrows- using the Pry Lever -80-200-.

- Unclip the cover completely and remove it.

- Remove the bolts -1-.

- Disengage the center armrest upper section -2- in the direction of -arrow- and remove it.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal.

Installation instructions: For example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Front Center Armrest".

Hinge Arm Trim Panels, Removing and Installing

Special tools and workshop equipment required

• Pry Lever -80-200-

Removing

- Remove the center armrest upper section. Refer to → Chapter "Center Armrest Upper Section, Removing and Installing".

- Unclip the rear trim panel -2- at the sides from the front trim panel -1- using the Pry Lever -80-200-.

- Separate the hinge arm trim panels from each other, disengage them at the center armrest support and remove them.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal.

Installation instructions: For example tightening specifications, replacing components. Refer to → Chapter "Overview - Front Center Armrest".

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