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Service Fitting instructions Filling roof side member with foam Edition 08.2008 Service Department. Technical Information Service List of Workshop Manual Repair Groups Repair Group 51 Body centre Technical information should always be available to the foremen and mechanics, because their careful and constant adherence to the instructions is essential to ensure vehicle road worthiness and safety. In addition, the normal basic safety precautions for working on motor vehicles must, as a matter of course, be observed. A005A503820 Audi A5 Coupé 2008 ➤ Fitting instructions Filling roof side member with foam Edition 08.2008 Contents 51 Body centre 1 1 Filling roof side member with foam 1 1.1 Sequence of operations 1 1.2 The sequence of operations shown must always be observed 1 1.3 Working instructions Preparation 2 1.4 Working instructions Filling with foam 7 Contents i Audi A5 Coupé 2008 ➤ Fitting instructions Filling roof side member with foam Edition 08.2008 ii Contents Audi A5 Coupé 2008 ➤ Fitting instructions Filling roof side member with foam Edition 08.2008 51 Body centre RO 51 05 55 50 1 Filling roof side member with foam 1.1 Sequence of operations The roof side member foam filling repair operation is to be entered in the Service plan under Verification/Workshop entry. Left roof side member filled with foam yes / no Right roof side member filled with foam yes / no Note ♦ After applying the foam fill, the vehicle must be left standing on a flat surface for 24 hours at an ambient temperature of 15 C to allow the rigid epoxy foam to harden curing time . ♦ Work on the vehicle can only be continued following comple‐ tion of the curing time. WARNING Up to chassis number 8T8A029218 a two pack rigid epoxy foam must be applied instead of the expanding foam elements to provide reinforcement for a roof carrier. The sequence of operations must be observed. Caution The structural e