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Spindle Motor

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Fig 1: Identifying Protective Sleeve And Gas Filled Strut With Spindle Motor
GWWA55-10841Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, LLC
  1. Protective Sleeve

    -- Use the Window Cutter VAG 1561A and Window Cutter - Saw Blade - 83 mm VAG 1561/26 to cut the protective sleeve open on both sides and remove.

  2. Gas-Filled Strut with Spindle Motor
    • Remove both protective seals.
  3. Prismatic Jaw Vise
    WARNING: The pressure spring should be inserted into a prismatic jaw vise before being cut through with a Single Hand Angle Grinder VAS 5167 as shown in the magnified section of the graphic.

    -- Use a Single Hand Angle Grinder VAS 5167 with a partition window to cut through the compression spring in at least 3 places lengthwise.

    -- Turn the spring coils clockwise and inward after each separating cut.

    -- Turn all of the spring coils inward, until the total tension has been reduced to zero.

    -- The gas-filled strut may now be disposed of.

  4. Angle Sander
    • Clamp the separation cut in the single hand angle grinder.