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4.6 Air Suspension Strut Overview
1 - Bolt
❑ 30 Nm
❑ Quantity: 4
2 - Bracket
3 - Nut
❑ 60 Nm
❑ Always replace if re‐
moved.
4 - Bearing
5 - Seal
❑ Always replace if re‐
moved,
6 - Transport Protection
❑ Only install immediately
after installing residual
pressure retaining
valve, refer to -Item 7-
⇒ Item 7 (page 152) .
7 - Residual Pressure Retain‐
ing Valve
❑ 8 Nm
❑ Observe important
notes about Removing
and Installing, refer to
⇒ page 159 .
❑ Removing and Instal‐
ling, refer to
⇒ “4.8 Residual Pres‐
sure Retaining Valve,
Removing and Instal‐
ling”, page 159 .
8 - Seal
❑ Replace
9 - Air Spring
❑ Observe repair notes for servicing suspension struts (air suspension), refer to
⇒ “4.4 Air Suspension Strut, Repair Information”, page 149 .
When the vehicle has been driven 200,000 km, if there is damage to an air spring, it is recommended that the
opposite air spring is also replaced.
10 - Stop Buffer
11 - Nut
❑ 7 Nm
12 - Cap
13 - Shock Absorber
❑ Allocation, refer to the Parts Catalog.
❑ Observe repair notes for servicing suspension struts (air suspension), refer to
⇒ “4.4 Air Suspension Strut, Repair Information”, page 149 .
14 - Seal
❑ Always replace if removed.
❑ Grease with Lithium Grease .
Audi Q7 2007 ➤
Suspension, Wheels, Steering - Edition 01.2014
152 Rep. Gr.42 - Rear Suspension