Dismantling and assembling seat pan, bucket seat — VW
Dismantling and assembling seat pan, bucket seat on VW: 12 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 code 138
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- The bolts (1) to (3) are microencapsulated and must be renewed each time they are loosened.Before new bolts are installed, the threads of the corresponding holes must be cleaned.
📋 Procedure
- Attach seat repair standVAS 6136 to engine and gearbox supportVAS 6095.
- Attach seat repair standVAS 6136 to engine and gearbox supportVAS 6095.
- Remove front seat .
- Secure front seat to seat repair standVAS 6136.
- Remove seat trim on sill side .
- Remove front belt buckle .
- Remove seat trim on tunnel side .
- Remove front backrest .
- Remove backrest cover and cushion .
- Remove bolts (1).
- Remove bolt (2).
- Remove bolt (3). [Note: The bolts (1) to (3) are microencapsulated and must be renewed each time they are loosened.Before new bolts are installed, the threads of the corresponding holes must be cleaned.]
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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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