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w450 clutch — SMART

w450 clutch on Smart: 44 steps, engines 160.910, 160.920, 660.940. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.

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

44 steps 3 engine codes

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes 0.6, 45, |, 55, 61, BRABUS, 0.7, 50, 0.8, CDI

  • Renewed: oil seals

Don't miss

  • Always renew the drive shaft seals

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

📋 Procedure

Preparation and removal

  1. Special tool:
  2. Socket wrench:
  3. Renew the oil seals if necessary
  4. Always renew the drive shaft seals
  5. Remove the gearbox
160.910? Steps differ between engine variants — check this job against your exact car before you commit to it. Check my car — free →
  1. Remove the concentric slave cylinder
  2. Align the marks

Installation and checks

  1. Refit the clutch cover
  2. Apply grease to the areas shown
  3. Fit the alignment tool
  4. Refit the gearbox
  5. Test the system with the diagnostic tool

Who makes these pages, and how

TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.

The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.

Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.