Removing and installing clutch slave cylinder, CC, Golf Cabriolet — VW
Removing and installing clutch slave cylinder, CC, Golf Cabriolet on VW: 23 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 Golf Cabriolet (517, 2011–2016), VW CC (358, 2012–2017)
- Opens: brake fluid, clutch fluid
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- Risk of contamination due to brake fluid spill.Do not operate clutch pedal after pipe/hose assembly has been disconnected. — Install clutch slave cylinder and tighten bolts (arrows B).
- Bleed clutch mechanism after installing clutch slave cylinder .
📋 Procedure
- Depending on the engine, there may be pipes or hoses located above the securing bolts for the slave cylinder. In that case, remove battery, battery cover and battery tray Electrical system27Removing and installing battery.
- Remove complete air filter housing if it prevents access to clutch slave cylinder 24Air filter; Removing and installing air filter housing.
- Release end-piece from gate selector cable .
- Pull off clip (arrow 1) and remove gate relay lever together with cable end-piece.
- Pull gear selector cable off pin.
- Remove securing clip (arrow 2) for gear selector cable from gearbox selector lever (A).
- Remove gearbox selector lever (A) by removing nut (arrow 3).
- Remove cable support bracket from gearbox (arrows).
- Then tie up gear selector cable and gate selector cable.
- Remove retainer (B) from gearbox and pull it off pipe/hose assembly (A).
- Then remove gearbox support (arrow A).
- Lay a lint-free cloth under clutch slave cylinder.
- Pull clip for pipe/hose assembly out of clutch slave cylinder as far as stop.
- Pull pipe/hose assembly out of clutch slave cylinder and seal openings.
- Unbolt clutch slave cylinder (arrows B) and remove it.
- ⚠ Risk of contamination due to brake fluid spill.Do not operate clutch pedal after pipe/hose assembly has been disconnected. — Install clutch slave cylinder and tighten bolts (arrows B).
- Insert pipe/hose assembly into clutch slave cylinder as far as stop.
- Test pipe/hose assembly by tugging on it.
- Push retaining clip into pipe/hose assembly to stop.
- Then install gearbox support (arrows A).
- Bleed clutch mechanism after installing clutch slave cylinder .
- If removed, install complete air filter housing 24Air filter; Removing and installing air filter housing.
- 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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