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Front Brace Assembly Overview






Front Brace Assembly Overview





1 - Front Brace

2 - Torx Bolts

• 25 Nm.

3 - Bolting Points for Fender Flange

4 - Bolt

• 23 Nm

• When removing lock carrier, remove bolt here.

5 - Bolting Points for Lower Fender Flange

6 - Torx Bolts

• 25 Nm.

7 - Bolting Points at Longitudinal Member Connecting Piece

8 - Bolting Points at Impact Absorber

9 - Bolt

• 30 Nm.

Remove Dome Brace

- Remove cylinder combination bolts - 1 - tightening specification 45 Nm.





- Remove cylinder combination bolts - 2 - tightening specification 3 Nm.

- -Item 3- plenum chamber, front section

- -Item 4- suspension strut holder cap

Arrow in illustration points in direction of travel.

- Remove cylinder combination bolts - 1 - tightening specification 9 Nm.





- - 2 - transverse beam of suspension strut cap

- - 3 - crossmember of front window

- - 4 - support of connecting piece of window crossmember
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