Removing and installing convertible top motor — VW
Removing and installing convertible top motor 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 codes 5C7, 5C1
📋 Procedure
- Remove convertible top .
- Disconnect wire (3) from motor.
- Unscrew bolt (1) and remove retainer (2).
- Remove bolts (1).
- Remove motor (2) from toothed segment (3).
- Remove cover (1) from motor.
- Secure cover (1) on motor.
- Align toothed segment (3) so that it is in parallel with opposite side and install motor (2).
- Further installation is performed in the reverse order of removal.
- Install convertible top .
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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.
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