Removing and installing cross piece — VW
Removing and installing cross piece on VW: 11 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
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- Lug (arrow A) of strut (1) must point towards lug (arrow B) of subframe (2).
- Flap (1) must be heard to engage in lower part (arrow A).
📋 Procedure
- Raise vehicle.
- Remove plug from longitudinal member and pull in tensioning strap T10038.
- Remove coil springs .
- Release flap (1)(arrow A) and open.
- Position engine and gearbox jackV.A.G 1383 A under axle beam.
- Press axle beam upwards until cross piece (2) is horizontal.
- Undo and remove bolted joint (1).
- Unscrew bolted joint (1) and remove cross piece (2).
- Lug (arrow A) of strut (1) must point towards lug (arrow B) of subframe (2).
- Flap (1) must be heard to engage in lower part (arrow A).
- Install coil spring .
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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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