Repairing gearbox housing and clutch housing — VW
Repairing gearbox housing and clutch housing 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 Passat CC (357, 2008–2012), VW Golf V / Jetta (1K, 2003–2009), VW Passat B6 (3C, 2005–2010), VW Golf VI (5K, 2008–2013), VW Passat B7 saloon (362, 2010–2014), VW Passat B7 Variant (365, 2010–2014), VW Golf Cabriolet (517, 2011–2016); platform codes 5M1, 1F7, 137, 521
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- With gearbox dismantled, press sleeve in to stop using thrust piece3124.
- With gearbox dismantled, press sleeve in to stop using thrust piece T10148.
📋 Procedure
- Secure needle bearing in gearbox housing at three points (120° offset) using a punch.
- Clean sleeve seat in gearbox.
- Screw spindle (A) of assembly device3066 into threaded piece of differential.
- Pull sleeve in to stop using thrust piece3124 by turning nut (B). [Note: With gearbox dismantled, press sleeve in to stop using thrust piece3124.]
- To pull out seal and sleeve, apply extractor hooksVW 771/37 behind shoulder in sleeve.
- Press extractor hooksVW 771/37 forcefully into sleeve while pulling.
- Clean seat for seal in gearbox.
- Screw spindle (A) of assembly device3066 into threaded piece of differential.
- Pull sleeve in to stop using thrust piece T10148 by turning nut (B). [Note: With gearbox dismantled, press sleeve in to stop using thrust piece T10148.]
- Insert oil collector in hole (arrow 1) and groove (arrow 2) simultaneously.
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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.
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