Removing and installing tension bow: VW Polo 6C
Step-by-step removing and installing tension bow for the VW Polo 6C: 15 steps, 1 torque figure. What to remove, what to tighten and to how many Nm, what.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Polo 6C (2014–2017)
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- Do not lift upper part of slide too far off lower part of slide. Risk of breaking. — Insert a plastic wedge (arrow) into recess, and carefully lift upper part of slide out of catch in lower part of slide.
- Reinstall handle to tension bow, and make sure that the roller blind can be opened and closed completely.
🔩 Torque settings
Values can differ between engine variants — check the code stamped on your block.
| Torque | Fastener / step |
|---|---|
| 1 Nm (0.7 lb-ft) | Fit handle (4) and tighten screws (3 |
ℹ️ Always cross-check the exact figure against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening — a wrong torque can damage the engine. These values are extracted from workshop data and may not cover every variant or revision.
📋 Procedure
- Open glass panel.
- Push roller blind towards front, and close it halfway while doing so.
- ⚠ Do not lift upper part of slide too far off lower part of slide. Risk of breaking. — Insert a plastic wedge (arrow) into recess, and carefully lift upper part of slide out of catch in lower part of slide.
- On both slides, push upper part of slide towards rear against lower part of slide, and open slides in this way.
- Remove tension bow upwards.
- Pull both slide upper parts (2) towards side out of tension bow (1).
- Pull tension bow (2) towards side off sunroof sun blind (1).
- Sunroof sun blind is installed.
- Carefully push beading (2) of roller blind fabric (1) which has been pushed into the loop into the beading channel of the tension bow.
- Push slide upper parts (2) on both sides into tension bow (1).
- Push upper part of slide (3) in direction of arrow from rear towards front into catch (arrow) in lower part of slide.
- Open glass panel.
- Unscrew bolts (2), and pull off handle (1).
- Reinstall handle to tension bow, and make sure that the roller blind can be opened and closed completely.
- Fit handle (4) and tighten screws (3). Specified torque: 1 Nm — 1 Nm (0.7 lb-ft)
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Who makes these pages, and how
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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