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Audi A6 Typ 4G: Gas-Filled Strut, Removing and Installing

Gas-Filled Strut with Metal Clip, Removing and Installing

Removing

- Support the lid or secure it against falling.

- Using a small screwdriver, lift the securing spring -1- slightly and remove the gas-filled strut -2- from the ball stud.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

- Press the gas-filled strut onto the ball stud until it engages audibly.

A55-10891

Gas-Filled Strut with Clip, Removing and Installing

Removing

- Support the lid or secure it against falling.

- Press the clip -1- together using needle nose pliers and remove the gas-filled strut -2- from the ball stud.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

- Press the gas-filled strut onto the ball stud until it engages audibly.

A55-10562

Gas-Filled Strut, Releasing Gas

Procedure

- Clamp gas-filled strut in a vise in area -x- = 50 mm.

  WARNING

  • Clamp only within this area, otherwise accident could occur!
  • Wear protective eyewear when sawing.

  Note

Cover area of sawn portion with a rag to absorb oil spraying out.

- Cut open cylinder of gas strut within first third of cylinder overall length, using piston rod end of cylinder as a reference point.

A55-10158

Tension Spring, Removing and Installing

Tension Spring, Removing and Installing, Sedan

Tension Spring, Removing and Installing, Sedan

1 - Gas-Filled Strut

  • Disengage. Refer to → Chapter "Gas-Filled Strut, Removing and Installing"
  • Only with manual rear lid release

2 - Rear lid hinge

3 - Ball Stud

  • No replacement part

4 - Ball Stud

  • 21 Nm

5 - Cover

  • Press it onto the spring from the side.
  • Push the cover forward and lock it onto the hinge bolt.

6 - Spring

  • Pay attention to the spring engaging direction when attaching it. Refer to -item 1-.

Spring Engaging Points

Spring Engaging Points

1 - Spring

  Note

Pay attention to the spring engaging direction to the hinge bolt.

  • Attach the left spring to the short eye by engaging the hook starting at the bottom and then upward.
  • Attach the right spring to the short eye by engaging the hook starting at the top and then downward.
  • Then engage the spring on the body side to the long eye on the engaging point -b-.

2 - Rear Lid Hinge

3 - Cover

  • To install, push the cover forward until it locks secure on the hinge bolt.

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