wheel AUDI A4 1998 B5 / 1.G Instrument Panel Workshop Manual

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5 -
Instrument panel with cross member
Removing:
- Position windshield wipers to upper-most
position.
- Remove steering column brace Fig.
2 .
- Remove steering wheel page 69
-57
.
- Remove driver-side airbag unit page
69
-54
.
- Remove driver-side knee bolster page
68
-8 .
- Remove passenger-side knee bolster
page 68
-1 .
- Remove rear center console page 68
-
13
.
- Remove front center console page 68
-
30
.
- Remove instrument panel center piece
page 68
-31
.
- Remove airbag control module page
69
-74
.
- Disconnect left and right-rear heating
ducts in floor well.
- Disconnect coolant hoses and A/C lines
(evacuate refrigerant).
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installing.
Repair Manual, Suspension, Wheels, Steering, Repair Group 48.

CAUTION!
Do NOT under any circumstances pull steering column -4- out
completely or push it in completely ( Repair Manual, Suspension,
Wheels, Steering).
- Push back steering column (lower section) -4- until hole 2 in steering
column (upper section) covers hole in steering column (lower section).
- Insert welding wire -3- in hole -2- and secure by wrapping once around
steering column.
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Instrument panel, removing and installing

1 -
Instrument panel
Removing:
- Remove driver-side knee bolster page
68
-8 .
- Remove passenger-side knee bolster
page 68
-1 .
- Remove rear center console page 68
-
13
.
- Remove front center console page 68
-
30
.
- Remove instrument panel center piece
page 68
-31
.
- Remove driver-side airbag unit page
69
-54
.
- Remove steering wheel page 69
-57
.
- Remove passenger-side airbag unit
page 69
-70
.
- Remove steering column cover page
68
-11
.
- Remove bolts -2-, -3-, -5-, -6-, and -7-.
- To remove, pull instrument panel out of
brackets -4-.
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