trebus

Quite easy I found it easier to remove wheel then undo the driveshaft bolt then undo the three bolts from lower ball joint , then pull out driveshaft from hub, keeping shaft straight screw in  driveshaft bolt to push cv joint off the shaft carefull not to damage threads it's quite tight ,clean up joint and shaft use new driveshaft clip ,slide on new boot ,regrease joint, line up splines and gently tap the joint back (soft hammer) on to the shaft again carefully as its tight tap on until it sits against the cone washer, slide boot into place and fit clips ( old type carpenters pliers can be used) reassemble joint to hub and tighten driveshaft nut, job done would highly recommend using Audi genuine parts as they come with new clips grease etc and it fitted perfectly 

You can get them from Audi for £11 

Thanks for the reply but they are the fixed rails mine fit to the roof without roof bars it's just a plastic cover that covers the fixing bolt I think I have a part number as Audi do a repair kit ( I hope) cheers again 

Just recently bought some second hand roof bars for my Audi A3 sportback were great but noticed tonight that a end cap has fallen off   .can you get replacements ?,I don't mind if I have to buy some with locks cheers 

Thanks but was more looking along the lines of undoing the driveshaft retaining bolt then screw  in a longer bolt (same thread as original driveshaft bolt ) to push shaft from cv joint then swinging shaft  sideways clear of the hub . This is an old vauxhall trick as you could change a cv boot without undoing a bolt . As the most difficult bit of a cv boot change is getting the cv joint off the shaft and audi acknowledge this by the ability to use the driveshaft bolt to remove it 

Going to have to do a outer cv boot and have heard that you can use the driveshaft retaining bolt to carefully push the cv joint from the shaft can this be done without removing any suspension bolts/parts like on the older vauxhalls cheers 

Fixed,  we'll nearly was split in hose that exits turbo found it by squirting soapy water over the hoses and giving it a rev was    obvious so wrapped it in duct tape and went for a spin was ok at first but started playing up again , got back to find duct tape blown to bits so new pipe ordered £27 cheers for the help 

Cheers for reply I have got some intercooler o rings today will fit them hopefully tonight if it ever stops raining 

Fault codes p0101 and p0299 how do I check the turbo is ok / broke please help                          

   Just took off pipes to turbo no play in shaft in or out up and down I sucked on pipe to actuator and it moves freely about 15 mm can move arm by hand as well so I guess the turbo is ok 

did notice while underneath that there was a small amount of oil leaking from inter cooler hoses and when driving can hear a hissing  could they be leaking air under boost 

Code reader  said something like volume air flow circuit range performance  which I googled to find out it relates to the mass air flow sensor which has already been changed could it be a faulty part or is it something else I cleaned out  the egr which wasn't  too blocked 

3 hours ago, trebus said:

just got home from work and eml has just come on ,it came on two weeks ago and was diagnosed as a mass air flow sennsor which was changed and light went out ,but its back any idea whats wrong now im guessing it will have to go back on a diagnostic machine again

its now black smoking heavily

just got home from work and eml has just come on ,it came on two weeks ago and was diagnosed as a mass air flow sennsor which was changed and light went out ,but its back any idea whats wrong now im guessing it will have to go back on a diagnostic machine again

cheers for help might have a go with some magnets looks like its a very common problem

It's an error in the listing it dosn't fit a A3 

Are you pressing button twice ? Pressing once Only opens drivers door press it twice quickly and it should open rest of doors to open boot press and hold boot release until it unlocks  

Cheers for that but that one is a slightly different shape more of a curve to the front has any one used this to fix there armrest cheers

Please can anyone tel me if you can get a replacement catch I have seen some for a4 will they fit cheers