Suspension strut - repair — VW
Suspension strut - repair on VW: 13 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 6A1, 6A5
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- Initially, tension the spring until the upper spring plate pressure is relieved. — Ensure proper spring seating in the spring supportV.A.G 1752/4(arrow) .
- The end of the coil spring must touch the stop (arrow A).
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ Only shock absorbers of the same brand "“Supplier”"can be mounted in the same vehicle. — Remove the suspension strut .
- Attach the suspension strut support clampV.A.G 1752/20(4) in a vice.
- Attach the suspension strut to a suspension strut viceV.A.G 1752/20(4).
- Apply preliminary spring tension with the spring tensioning deviceV.A.G 1752/1, until the upper axial ball bearing is free.
- ⚠ Initially, tension the spring until the upper spring plate pressure is relieved. — Ensure proper spring seating in the spring supportV.A.G 1752/4(arrow) .
- loosen the hex nut of the push rod.
- Remove the single suspension strut part and the spring using the suspension strut fastening deviceV.A.G 1752.
- Place the spring with the suspension strut fastening deviceV.A.G 1752 over the lower spring support.
- The end of the coil spring must touch the stop (arrow A).
- Place the spring dish, the axial ball bearing, and the support of the suspension strut over the spring.
- Tighten the hex nut on the push rod.
- Relieve tension in the suspension strut fastening deviceV.A.G 1752 and remove the spring.
- Install the suspension strut .
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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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