Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

General:

Loadbearing and suspension elements are not to be welded and straightened.

Never move vehicles without drive shaft fitted, as otherwise wheel bearing damage will result. Should it nevertheless become necessary to move the vehicle, always heed the following:

• ‒ Fit an outer joint instead of the drive shaft.
• ‒ Tighten the outer joint to 50 Nm.

Bonded rubber bushes can only be turned to a limited extent. The bolted joints at the suspension links are therefore not to be tightened until the vehicle is standing on the ground.

If wheel alignment is subsequently to be performed on vehicle, bolts and nuts to be unfastened for adjustment work are only to be tightened to torque. These bolts and nuts are then to be finish-tightened by the prescribed extra turn on completion of wheel alignment/adjustment.