Removing cross member for three-phase current driveVX54 — VW
Removing cross member for three-phase current driveVX54 on VW: 12 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 code BL1
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- Observe general warning instructions for work on the high-voltage system .
📋 Procedure
- Observe general warning instructions for work on the high-voltage system .
- Observe the risk rating of the high-voltage system Electric drive00Risk category of the high-voltage system.
- De-energise high-voltage system now Electric drive93De-energising high-voltage system.
- Visually check high-voltage components in working area Electric drive93General warning instructions for work on the high-voltage system.
- Remove three-phase current driveVX54Electric drive93Three-phase current drive; Removing and installing three-phase current driveVX54.
- If installed, remove following consoles:
- Remove battery and battery tray Electrical system27Battery; Removing and installing battery tray.
- Working from motor compartment, remove pump ahead of power and control electronics for electric drive V508 from cross member (do not open line circuit) Electric drive93Assembly overview – coolant regulator unit.
- Remove bracket from cross member together with following components (do not open line circuit):
- Remove all lines from cross member .
- Have a second mechanic support cross member.
- Unbolt cross member (arrows), and remove it upwards.
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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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