Clutch - repair — VW
Clutch - repair 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: platform codes 9A2, 9A4, 9A5, 9A6, 9A1, 9A3
- Special tools named: dial gauge
📋 Procedure
- Loosen and tighten screws in a cross and phased pattern.
- To remove, install Lock3067. [Note: The clutch plate and clutch plate contact surfaces must be completely seated on the engine's flywheel.Tighten evenly the fastening screws, in a cross pattern, to prevent damages on the membrane spring of the clutch plate and the guide pins of the engine's flywheel.]
- Loosen and tighten screws in a cross and phased pattern.
- To remove, install Lock3067. [Note: The clutch plate and clutch plate contact surfaces must be completely seated on the engine's flywheel.Tighten evenly the fastening screws, in a cross pattern, to prevent damages on the membrane spring of the clutch plate and the guide pins of the engine's flywheel.]
- Install the clutch .
- Fasten centesimal dial gauge support somewhere on the cylinder block.
- Reset centesimal dial gauge to zero in one of the clutch plate membrane spring tabs.
- Measure height of each tab and write down the values.
- Consider the highest and lowest values found.
- The sum of obtained values on the right and left of the zero point at the centesimal dial gauge should not be higher than 0.80 mm. Otherwise, replace it.
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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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