Removing and installing bearing bush: VW Polo 6C (CJXB, CJXC, CYFB)
Step-by-step removing and installing bearing bush for the VW Polo 6C: 16 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 Polo 6C (2014–2017); platform code 121
- Renewed: pivot pin
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- Turn plunger of clutch master cylinder so that recesses (1) or marking (2) become visible.
📋 Procedure
- Remove over-centre spring/extension spring .
- Compress catches (arrows) and take out pin (1) towards right side.
- Pull clutch pedal into passenger compartment as far as stop.
- Compress fasteners on pivot pin for plunger of master cylinder on clutch pedal. Pull off pin towards left.
- Observe extension spring .
- Pull clutch pedal into passenger compartment as far as stop. If necessary, remove clutch pedal switch F36 to do so.
- Turn plunger of clutch master cylinder so that recesses (1) or marking (2) become visible.
- Remove bearing bush (A) from recesses (1).
- Turn plunger of clutch master cylinder so that recesses (1) or marking (2) become visible.
- Fit and swivel bearing bush (A) into recesses (1).
- Install over-centre spring/extension spring .
- Connect plunger/clutch master cylinder to clutch pedal.
- Use new pivot pin.
- Observe extension spring .
- Install clutch pedal switch F36 if removed beforehand .
- Connect battery Electrical system27Battery; Disconnecting and connecting battery.
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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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