Separating brake pedal from, and clipping to, brake servo — VW
Separating brake pedal from, and clipping to, brake servo on VW: 16 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 codes 9C1, 1C1, 1Y7
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- For the sake of clarity, separation of brake pedal from brake servo is shown with pedal cluster removed.
📋 Procedure
- Remove trim below dash panel.
- Remove bolts (1).
- Remove cover (A).
- Remove connecting plate between clutch and brake pedals (arrows) on vehicles with a manual gearbox.
- On vehicles up to 02.2000, remove brake light switch(1) by turning 90° to left.
- On vehicles from 03.2000, remove brake light switch(1) by turning 45° to left.
- Bremslichtschalter On vehicles up to week 45 of 2006, remove brake light switch (1) by turning 90° or 45° to left.
- On vehicles from week 45 of 2006, remove brake light switch(1) by turning 45° to left.
- First press brake pedal in direction of brake servo and hold.
- Insert release tool T10006 A and pull in direction of driver seat. When doing this, counter-hold on brake pedal. (At this stage the pedal must not be allowed to move backwards.) This action will press retaining lugs (3) of mounting off ball head of plunger rod (2). [Note: For the sake of clarity, separation of brake pedal from brake servo is shown with pedal cluster removed.]
- Pull release tool T10006 A and brake pedal together towards driver seat. (This action will pull the brake pedal off the ball head of the plunger rod).
- Hold ball head of plunger rod in front of mounting and push brake pedal in direction of brake servo, so that the ball head audibly locks into place.
- Adjust brake light switch for vehicles up to 02.2000 .
- Adjust brake light switch for vehicles from 03.2000 .
- Adjust and lock brake light switch on vehicles up to week 45 of 2006 .
- Adjust and lock brake light switch, vehicles from week 45 of 2006 .
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