Automatic gearbox 01M — Dismantling and assembling freewheel with -B1- piston — VW
Automatic gearbox 01M — Dismantling and assembling freewheel with -B1- piston on VW: 10 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Golf IV / Bora (1J)
📋 Procedure
- Observe general repair instructions (see the separate procedure).
- Turn cage to left to stop.
- Press cage up and out of outer race.
- Place cage in outer race.
- Installation position
- Secure cage by turning in (direction of arrow) to stop.
- Insert springs so that long end of spring (arrow) engages in cage.
- Then insert rollers between cage and spring.
- Install with large lugs (arrow) facing up.
- Insert piston (A) as shown.
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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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