Audi A8 2003 - Replacing Seat Upper Frame

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1.18.2 Removing and installing seat base frame with longitudinal adjustment motor
1 - Shaft
2 - Bolts (2x)
3 - Retainer plate for safety
latch
4 - Bolts (2x)
❑ Tightening torque 20
Nm
5 - Motor
♦ Removing
– Removing seat with de‐
fective longitudinal ad‐
justment motor
⇒ page 297 .
– Unscrew the bolts -4-
(2x).
– Detach the retainer
plate for the safety latch
-3-.
– Unscrew the bolts -8-
(2x).
– Unscrew the bolts -2-
(2x).
– Disengage the seat lon‐
gitudinal adjustment
motor -5- from the shafts
-1- and -6-.
– Move both runners with
a power screwdriver
and a long shaft until the
concealed bolts -8- (2x)
become visible.
– Unscrew the bolts -8-
(2x).
– Replace the seat base
frame with longitudinal
adjustment motor -7-.
♦ Installing
WARNING
Ensure correct operation
of the safety latch
⇒ page 301 .
– Install the seat base frame with longitudinal adjustment motor -7- in the reverse order of removal.
6 - Shaft
7 - Seat base frame with longitudinal adjustment motor
8 - Bolts (4x)
❑ Tightening torque 40 Nm.
1.19 Replacing seat upper frame
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Audi A8 2003 ➤
General body repairs, interior - Edition 07.2011
1. Front seats (memory seat, electrically operated seat) 299