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Removing and installing Valeo poly V-belt pulley with freewheel — VW

Removing and installing Valeo poly V-belt pulley with freewheel on VW: 15 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.

15 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform code A33

  • Special tools named: 17 mm ring spanner

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  • Counterhold alternator shaft whilst releasing poly V-belt pulley by turning it anti-clockwise with ring spanner.
  • Counterhold adapter3400 using 17 mm ring spanner.

📋 Procedure

  1. Remove alternator .
  2. Clamp alternator in a vice at mounting points.
  3. Lever off poly V-belt pulley cap.
  4. Insert adapter3400 into poly V-belt pulley using 17 mm ring spanner.
  5. Insert TORX keyV.A.G 1603/1 into alternator shaft.
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  1. Counterhold alternator shaft whilst releasing poly V-belt pulley by turning it anti-clockwise with ring spanner.
  2. Hold poly V-belt pulley stationary by hand.
  3. Turn alternator shaft until poly V-belt pulley can be removed.
  4. Screw poly V-belt pulley by hand onto alternator shaft as far as stop.
  5. Release socket drive (1) and pull off grip (2).
  6. Turn grip (2) 180° and reinsert socket (1).
  7. Set turning direction of torque wrenchV.A.G 1332 to anti-clockwise at socket drive.
  8. Insert TORX keyV.A.G 1603/1 into alternator shaft.
  9. Counterhold adapter3400 using 17 mm ring spanner.
  10. Tighten poly V-belt pulley by turning alternator shaft anti-clockwise using torque wrenchV.A.G 1332.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.