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Removing and installing decoupler pulley with freewheel — AUDI

Removing and installing decoupler pulley with freewheel on Audi: 14 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.

Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.

14 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Caddy IV (SA, 2015–2020)

  • Special tools named: torque wrench

📋 Procedure

  1. Remove alternatorC.
  2. Clamp alternatorC in a vice at securing points.
  3. Remove protective cap (where present) from decoupler pulley with freewheel.
  4. Insert multipoint adapter T10474 or multipoint adapter3400(1) into pulley, and fit a ring spanner.
  5. Insert suitable tool (2) into alternator shaft.
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  1. Turn alternator shaft clockwise to loosen it, counterholding with ring spanner while doing so.
  2. Hold decoupler pulley with freewheel stationary with your hand, and turn alternator shaft until decoupler pulley with freewheel can be removed.
  3. Release socket drive (1) and pull off grip (2).
  4. Turn torque wrench grip (2) 180° and reinsert socket drive.
  5. Set turning direction of torque wrench to anti-clockwise at socket drive.
  6. First screw poly V-belt pulley with freewheel onto alternator shaft by hand as far as possible.
  7. Insert multipoint adapter T10474(1) into decoupler pulley with freewheel, and fit a ring spanner.
  8. Insert suitable tool (2) into alternator shaft.
  9. Turn alternator shaft anti-clockwise using torque wrenchV.A.G 1332(3) in order to tighten decoupler pulley with freewheel.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.