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4.6 Front 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 - Residual Pressure Retain‐
ing Valve
❑ 8 Nm
❑ Observe important
notes about Removing
and Installing, refer to
⇒ page 77 .
❑ Removing and Instal‐
ling, refer to
⇒ “4.8 Residual Pres‐
sure Retaining Valve,
Removing and Instal‐
ling”, page 76 .
7 - Air Spring
❑ Observe repair notes for
servicing suspension
struts (air suspension),
refer to
⇒ “4.4 Air Suspension
Strut, Repair Informa‐
tion”, page 67 .
❑ 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.
8 - Stop Buffer
9 - 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 67 .
10 - Seal
❑ Always replace if removed.
❑ Grease with Lithium Grease .
11 - Boot
❑ Always replace if removed.
12 - Clamp
❑ Always replace if removed.
Audi Q7 2007 ➤
Suspension, Wheels, Steering - Edition 01.2014
70 Rep. Gr.40 - Front Suspension