Audi A6 Typ 4G: Door Arrester, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Move the door window into the "closed" position.
- Remove the door trim panel. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Rear Door Trim Panels; Rear Door Trim Panel, Removing and Installing.
- Remove the lower speaker. Refer to → Communication; Rep. Gr.91; Sound System; Rear Bass Speakers, Removing and Installing.
- Remove the door arrester bolt -arrow-.
- Remove the door arrester seal -1- on the door opening.
- Remove the bolt -arrows- and remove the door arrester -2- inward.
- Pull the rubber grommet -1- on the door arrester to the side slightly -A arrows-.
- Remove the rubber grommet from the door arrester -2--arrow B-.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.
Door Seal, Removing and Installing
Inner Door Seal, Removing and Installing
1 - Lower Inner Door Seal
- Connected all around on body flange
- To remove, remove from body flange.
- Loosen the trim on the B-pillar and C-pillar as well as the sill panel strip and headliner near the door seal when installing.
- Align the seal at the top of the B-pillar and starting from there, press the seal onto the body flange by hand.
2 - Body Flange
3 - Door
Outer Door Seal, Removing and Installing
Note
- The door outer seal is completely bonded and can only be replaced.
- The vehicle and the outer door seal must be at room temperature.
- The adhesive surfaces must free of dust and grease. Clean with Cleaning Solution -D 009 401 04-.
- Apply Bonding Agent -D 355 205 A2- on the surface using the Applicator -D 009 500 25- and let dry.
- The water drain hole is found on the underside of the door if it was installed correctly.
- Located at the bottom center of the door seal is a pulling piece, which must be pulled out all the way around after assembling.
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Roller -3356-
- Adhesive Strip Remover -VAS6349-
- Gauge - Gap Adjustment -3371-
- Front and Rear Door Template -T40038/8-
1 - Rear Door
2 - Outer Door Seal
Note
- Before removing, mark the position on the door, for example with adhesive tape.
- Make sure there is no adhesive left on the door, first pull the seal lengthwise and then pull it off the door.
- Removing
- Slightly lift the seal at the top of the window frame and cut it with commercially available scissors.
- Bend the seal lengthwise and then pull it off little by little.
- Installing
- Clean the adhesive surface with Cleaning Solution -D 009 401 04- and remove adhesive residue with Adhesive Strip Remover -VAS 6349-, if necessary.
- Apply the Bonding Agent -D 355 205 A2- with the Applicator -D 009 500 25- in the adhesion area and let it dry for at least 10 minutes.
Caution
If it dries longer than 3 hours, then it must be primed again.
- Loosen the door arrester on the body.
- Pull the door outer seal behind the door arrester.
- Secure the door arrester again.
- Secure the door outer seal to the top of the window frame on the left and on the right correctly with tape. Refer to -item 2-.
- The water drain (2x) is in the correct position when it is found in the lower outer door seal on the underside of the door.
Note
- Line up the marking on the door outer seal with the corner at the top of the B-pillar.
- It is necessary to press the door outer seal starting in the center and the working outward left and right in steps.
- Remove off the peel-off backing near the bottom of the door.
- Press the door outer seal starting in the center and working outward left and right.
- Continue to remove the peel-off backing little by little and press the door outer seal onto the door.
- Press the door outer seal upward along the B- and C-pillars.
- Press the door outer seal along the window frame.
Caution
- Do not stretch or crush the seal when installing it.
- The seal will come off wherever it is stretched or crushed along the bottom or on the A- or B-pillar.
- The door outer seal can be bent or crushed only in the area around the top of the window frame because window frame cover will hold it place.
- Press the end of the outer door seal on firmly with a Roller -3356-.
- Grasp the loose end of the pulling piece at the bottom center of the door seal and remove it all the way around, while paying attention to the even routing of the sealing lip.
Caution
Do not close the door for at least 2 hours to prevent loosening or moving the door outer seal. The vehicle must be at room temperature.
Door Arrester, Loosening
- Remove the door arrester bolt -arrow-.
- Pull the seal behind the door arrester and tighten the screw to the tightening specification. Refer to -item 4-.
Mark the position of the door seal.
- Mark the position of the outer door seal -1- with adhesive strips -2- on the window frame.
- Mark the position of the outer door seal -1- with adhesive strips -2- in the same seal area as shown on the door.
Outer Door Seal, Removing
Note
Pulling the seal laterally will loosen the adhesive and then it is possible to remove the door outer seal from the window frame without any left over adhesive on it.
- Bend and remove the door outer seal laterally as illustrated -arrow-.
- Proceed the same way all around and remove the door outer seal completely.
- Remove any left over adhesive on the window frame with Adhesive Strip Remover -VAS 6349-.
Door Outer Seal on a New Door
Note
The seal must be pressed over the complete radius (inner and outer) as illustrated -arrows-.
1 - Rear Door
2 - Outer Door Seal
- Press the door outer seal onto the bottom of the door starting in the center with the front edge on the radius run-out -arrow-.
- It is necessary to press the door outer seal starting on the lower part, working outward left and right in steps.
- Continue to install the seal as described above.
- Press the seal on the base using Roller -3356-.
- Grasp the loose end of the pulling piece at the bottom center of the door seal and remove it all the way around, while paying attention to the even routing of the sealing lip.
Pulling Piece, Removing
- After assembling, the door seal pulling piece -2- must be removed all the way around.
- As a result, the sealing lip -1- is pulled out and rests properly with clean routing on the door.
Outer Door Seal, Pressing On
1 - Front Door
2 - Outer Door Seal
- Tape the door outer seal to the top of the window frame first -arrows-.
Caution
Use only a Roller -3356- to firmly press the outer door seal on the seal base.
- Fold up the door outer seal as illustrated and then press it on firmly at the seal base all the way around with a Roller -3356-.
Door Gap Seal, Removing and Installing
1 - Door Gap Seal
- Removing
- Remove from the molded part from the window guide on the C-pillar.
- Unclip along the C-pillar downward and on the bottom of the door.
- Unclip from the top of the B-pillar forward.
- Remove the door gap seal from the door flange.
2 - Rear Door
3 - B-Pillar
