Rear bench seat retaining clips

[gdallas]

Anyone else taken their seat out and had to replace these? Seems like a straight forward job but can't for the life of me work out how to reseat these in the body.

Anyone care to throw me a bone?

[PeterA.]

They should just push in,but if they've pulled out the securing clips may have snapped off,new ones are only a quid each from the dealers.

[gdallas]

Ye they are brand new, it doesn't look like it's physically possible to push them in past that first lip on my car. Is it even supposed to?

[Gunnark100]

If it helps:



Lift floor covering -3- and press new retainers -2- into body cut-out -1- until they engage audibly.





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Fit floor covering -3- around retainer -2-, as illustrated.



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Floor covering -3- must not lie on top of retainer -2-.





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Make sure electrical connector for seat heating is pressed on as far as it will go and engages audibly.



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[gdallas]

Thanks I will try again tonight

[Gunnark100]

A bit more info:



The floor panel that the retainers are inserted in must be checked every time the seat bench is removed; any deformations must be corrected.





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The wire frame of the seat bench must be checked every time it is removed; any deformations must be corrected.





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The retainers must always be renewed after removing seat bench.


Check wire frame of seat bench and correct any deformations.




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The seat padding may differ from the one illustrated. Dimension -a- must be measured between the top of the seat padding and the top edge of the wire frame, irrelevant of the form of the seat padding.






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Set down seat bench with seat cover on a clean, solid surface.






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Check dimension -a- on both sides of seat bench frame (from padding to top edge of wire frame). Dimension -a- must be between 22 and 28 mm.






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If dimension -a- is not as specified, wire frame must be corrected accordingly. To do so, press wire frame evenly into shape in area of -arrows-.

[gdallas]

well tried again!! no way thats going in! might take a trip to audi and verify they sold me the correct part....sheeesh!

[Gunnark100]

Its correct part, did the same few years ago-result nothing, just sticked in with tape around etc...not holding well, but not much use anyway;)



well tried again!! no way thats going in! might take a trip to audi and verify they sold me the correct part....sheeesh!