Installing crossmember for three-phase current driveVX54 — VW
Installing crossmember for three-phase current driveVX54 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 code BE1
📋 Procedure
- Insert cross member and supports from above and bolt in position, use assistance of a second mechanic and step laddersVAS 5085.
- Bolt on cross member and supports (bolts (A) and bolts (B)).
- Bolt cross member to three-phase current driveVX54 using bolts (1) and via mounting brackets (2) and .
- Clip gearbox breather hose (3) to bracket for power and control electronics for electric driveJX1.
- Remove engine and gearbox jack and gearbox support3282 when all the bolts of the assembly mountings have been tightened to specified torques.
- Install pendulum support using new bolts Electric drive93Electric drive motor.
- Install all lines and hoses to brackets for power and control electronics for electric driveJX1 and for charger unit 1 for high-voltage batteryAX4 and to cross member Electric drive93Power and control electronics for electric drive and Electric drive93Overview of fitting locations - high-voltage components.
- Install battery tray and battery Electrical system27Battery; Removing and installing battery tray.
- Clip gearbox breather hose to bracket for power and control electronics for electric driveJX1. Install power and control electronics for electric driveJX1Electric drive93Power and control electronics for electric drive.
- Install charger unit 1 for high-voltage batteryAX4Electric drive93Overview of fitting locations - high-voltage components.
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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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The story behind TorqFix →Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.