Detaching electric drive motor and gearbox — VW
Detaching electric drive motor and gearbox on VW: 10 steps, engines CGEA, CGFA. 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 Touareg II (7P, 2010–2018)
📋 Procedure
- Take off cap (1). Through opening in gearbox, unscrew the 3 securing nuts for torque converter (arrow). To do this, turn the crankshaft 120°.
- Support electric drive motor with workshop craneVAS 6100 as shown.
- Unscrew bolts (1 ... 10) from connection of gearbox to electric drive engine.
- Remove electric drive motor with workshop craneVAS 6100.
- Secure torque converter in gearbox with support bridge30-211 A to prevent it falling out.
- Check whether dowel sleeves (arrows) are fitted in the electric drive motor.
- Note installation position of bolts (1) in torque converter (2).
- Position electric drive motor on gearbox with workshop craneVAS 6100 as shown.
- Tighten bolts (1 ... 10) from connection of gearbox to electric drive engine.
- Through opening in gearbox, tighten the 3 securing nuts for torque converter (arrow). To do this, turn the crankshaft 120°. Fit cap (1).
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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.
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