Removing and installing clutch pedal with over-centre spring, LHD — VW
Removing and installing clutch pedal with over-centre spring, LHD on VW: 26 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 6R (2009–2014)
📋 Procedure
- Disconnect battery earth Electrical system27Battery; Disconnecting and connecting battery.
- Push driver seat as far back as possible and move steering wheel to highest position.
- Remove driver side footwell cover General body repairs, interior68Compartments/covers; Removing and installing dash panel end trim on driver side.
- Remove footwell vent Heating, air conditioning87Air duct; Removing and installing front vent.
- Remove crash bar (arrow).
- Remove clutch pedal switch F36.
- Release clutch master cylinder operating rod from clutch pedal as follows:
- Pull clutch pedal gently into passenger compartment.
- Press sides of retainer inwards (arrows) using pliers T10005.
- Remove bearing shaft for clutch pedal.
- To do this, turn bearing shaft for clutch pedal anti-clockwise in (direction of arrow).
- Move clutch pedal to enable bearing shaft to be pulled out.
- Remove over-centre spring.
- Remove clutch pedal.
- Secure retainer (2) to clutch master cylinder operating rod (1).
- Press retainer into notch in clutch pedal (3) until it can be heard to engage.
- Insert over-centre spring from side and below, adjacent to plunger of clutch master cylinder and adjacent to clutch pedal, into support (A) in mounting bracket.
- Now position over-centre spring on mounting lug of clutch pedal (arrow).
- Press on clutch pedal slightly and push new bearing shaft through.
- Align pins (A) in horizontal position.
- Turn bearing shaft clockwise in (direction of arrow).
- Install clutch pedal switch F36.
- Install crash bar. Tighten bolt (arrow).
- Install footwell vent. Heating, air conditioning87Air duct; Removing and installing front vent.
- Install driver side footwell cover General body repairs, interior68Compartments/covers; Removing and installing dash panel end trim on driver side.
- If disconnected, 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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