Separating control unit from hydraulic unit — VW
Separating control unit from hydraulic unit 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: platform codes A32, A33
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- Before working on electric components, touch an earthed object, ESD workplaceVAS 6613. Do not directly touch connector contacts or electronic components.
📋 Procedure
- Remove ABS hydraulic unit N55 together with ABS control unit J104.
- Before working on electric components, touch an earthed object, ESD workplaceVAS 6613. Do not directly touch connector contacts or electronic components.
- Lay down hydraulic unit together with control unit on ESD workplaceVAS 6613.
- Set hydraulic unit with control unit facing upwards on ESD workplaceVAS 6613.
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Unscrew the 3 Torx bolts from control unit and lay them aside immediately (to avoid interchanging with the new Torx bolts).
- Pull off ABS control unit J104 off ABS hydraulic unit N55 in (direction of arrow) without tilting ABS control unit.
- Carefully pull all seals from contact pins of ABS hydraulic unit N55.
- Cover control unit solenoids with a lint-free cloth.
- Check cleanliness of hydraulic unit sealing surface; clean with methylated spirits and a lint-free cloth if necessary.
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