Clutch "“D/G”" with freewheel — VW
Clutch "“D/G”" with freewheel 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 Passat B5 (3B), VW Phaeton (3D)
- Renewed: freewheel inner race
📋 Procedure
- Renew freewheel with freewheel cage (1).
- Check running surfaces of brass bushes (arrows) on inside of freewheel inner race for wear.
- Renew freewheel inner race.
- Rub down sliding surface one or two times with oiled abrasive paper (grain size 600).
- Wipe off thoroughly with a clean cloth and check running surfaces.
- Renew freewheel inner race. [Note: The rectangular section seals should always be renewed. Nevertheless, the wear pattern on the rectangular section seals gives an indication of the condition of the contact surface for the seals. Therefore, it is always advisable to check the rectangular section seals for wear.]
- Renew freewheel inner race.
- Renew cylinder "“F”".
- Check inner and outer surfaces of cylinder "“D/G”" for scoring by friction plates.
- Renew cylinder "“D/G”".
Other VW procedures
- Removing engine · 41 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft – VW Golf Cabriolet · 47 torque figures
- Adjusting valve timing – VW Passat B5 · 83 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshafts – VW Passat B6 · 39 torque figures
- Removing and installing coolant pump · 53 torque figures
- Removing and installing trailer detector control unit
- Removing and installing tandem pump, engine codes AXD, AXE, BLJ, BNZ, BPC
- Renewing the paper filter on the vaporiser – VW 1.6 CHGA
- Checking SERTO adapter leads for leaks – VW 1.6 CHGA
- Checking high-pressure pump
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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