Bumper, fastening to impact absorber

NOTE:

• The bushings in the impact absorber compensate for tolerances in the height between the bumper and the impact absorber when the socket-head bolts are installed.
• The front bumper is held to the previously set position when socket-head bolts -1- are installed.

NOTE: The following list refers to items in Fig 1.

1. Socket-head bolt M8 x 132 
   • 23 Nm (17 ft lb)
2. Carrier bushing, lower 
   • Plastic part, pressed into adjusting screw
   • No replacement
3. Adjusting screw, lower 
   • Screw fully in before installing bumper
   • Left-hand thread
   • No replacement
4. Threaded bushing, lower 
   • Secure with locking pin
   • No replacement
5. Locking pin 
   • No replacement
6. Impact absorber 
   • For removing and installing, see IMPACT ABSORBER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
7. Threaded bushing upper 
   • Secure with locking pin
   • No replacement
8. Adjusting screw, upper 
   • Screw fully in before installing bumper
   • Right-hand thread
   • No replacement
9. Bumper cover 
   • For removing and installing, see FRONT BUMPER, REMOVING, INSTALLING AND ASSEMBLY OVERVIEW .
10. Nut 
    • Supplied with replacement cross member
11. Carrier bushing, upper 
    • Plastic part, pressed into adjusting screw
    • No replacement
12. Cross member 
    • For removing and installing, see CROSSMEMBER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

Fig 1: Fastening Bumper To Impact Absorber

Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, INC.