Removing and installing slave cylinder with release bearing — VW
Removing and installing slave cylinder with release bearing 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: VW Tiguan I (5N, 2007–2016)
- Opens: clutch fluid
📋 Procedure
- Remove gearbox.
- To remove, release securing clip (2) with a screwdriver and pull bleeder (4) off slave cylinder (1).
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Remove slave cylinder together with release bearing (A).
- Bolt on slave cylinder with release bearing (see the separate procedure).
- Check O-ring (3) on slave cylinder.
- Press bleeder (4) onto slave cylinder connection (1) until securing clip (2) engages audibly.
- Check by pulling on bleeder.
- Install gearbox.
- Bleed clutch system (see the separate procedure).
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