Install calculated shims as follows:: VW Passat B5
Step-by-step install calculated shims as follows: for the VW Passat B5: 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: VW Passat B5 (3B)
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- Mark position of centre bearing on body (arrow A).
- Mark position of centre bearing on body (B).
📋 Procedure
- Unscrew plastic nuts on assembly tool (arrow A) until there is a slight space (a) between bracket for centre bearing (2) and stud (1) on one side.
- Insert determined shim (1) and swing bracket (2) for centre bearing to other side.
- Fit second shim (4) on stud (3).
- Now retighten both plastic nuts on assembly tool (arrow A).
- Slide back propshaft with assembly tool to stop.
- Mark position of centre bearing on body (arrow A).
- Then slide propshaft with assembly tool forwards to stop.
- Mark position of centre bearing on body (B).
- Secure centre bearing in central position (C).
- Then remove assembly tool.
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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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