Volkswagen Golf Variant / Jetta. Manual - part 507

❑ 20 Nm
❑ Remove grease already present
❑ Grease using the Grease for Clutch Disc Shaft Splines - G 000 100-

8 - Transmission
9 - Hex Bolt

❑ 20 Nm

10 - Bracket

❑ For hose/line assembly

11 - Clutch Slave Cylinder

❑ Removing and installing. Refer to 

⇒ “2.10 Clutch Slave Cylinder, Removing and Installing”, page 39

 .

4.2

Clutch Release Lever with Release

Bearing and Guide Sleeve, Removing

and Installing

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Torque Wrench 1331 5-50Nm - VAG1331-
Clutch Release Lever with Release Bearing and Guide Sleeve,

Removing and Installing
– Remove the bolts -arrows-.
– Remove clutch release lever with release bearing and guide

slide from input shaft and ball joint pin.

Install in reverse order of removal.
• The spring -item 4- 

⇒ Item 4 (page 43)

 must be engaged into

the clutch release lever.

♦ Information and tightening specification: -item 2-

⇒ Item 2 (page 43)

 .

Guide Sleeve, Removing and Installing
• The clutch release lever is removed.
– Remove the guide sleeve -3- upward out of release bearing

-2-.

– Rotate the guide sleeve -3- opposite release bearing -2- in di‐

rection of -arrow- approximately 90° in direction of -arrow- until

the tabs on the guide sleeve align with the grooves -4- on the

release bearing.

– Pull the guide sleeve out of release bearing in this position.
Install in reverse order of removal.

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lever and remove release bearing -A- out of clutch release

lever.

– To install, press the release bearing -A- into the clutch release

lever until the tabs -arrows- engage.

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Clutch, Servicing

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Flywheel Retainer - 3067-
♦ Torque Wrench 1331 5-50Nm - VAG1331-
♦ Alignment Tool - Clutch Plate - 3190A-
♦ On engines which have a crankshaft with a smaller diameter,

or engines with a needle bearing in the crankshaft. Refer to

⇒ Fig. ““Centering the clutch disc, removing and installing the

pressure plate on engines with a crankshaft with a smaller di‐

ameter, or engines with a needle bearing -arrow- in the crank‐

shaft.”“ , page 49

 Alignment Tool - Clutch Plate - T10086- .

♦ Grease for Clutch Disc Shaft Splines - G 000 100-
(Transmission removed)

Note

♦

Make sure the alignment bushings for centering the engine/transmission are installed inside the cylinder

block. Install them if necessary.

♦

If the alignment sleeves are missing, it will be difficult to shift, there will be clutch problems and the trans‐

mission may make noises (loose rattling).

♦

Replace clutch plates and pressure plates if the rivet connections are damaged or loose.

♦

Allocation. Refer to the Parts Catalog.

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❑ Make sure it fits secure‐

ly on the centering pins

❑ There must not be any

grooves, oil or grease

on the clutch plate con‐

tact surface.

❑ Removing and instal‐

Gr.  13 .

2 - Clutch Plate

❑ Allocation. Refer to the

Parts Catalog.

❑ Dual mass flywheel in‐

stallation position: the

shorter hub end faces

the pressure plate.

❑ The word

“Getriebeseite” (trans‐

mission) always faces

the pressure plate and

toward transmission.

❑ Installation position with

a single flywheel: the

spring cage faces to‐

wards the pressure

plate

❑ Centering. Refer to

⇒ Fig. ““Centering the

Clutch Plate and Re‐

moving and Installing

Pressure Plate”“ ,

page 48

❑ Centering on engines

which have a crankshaft

with a smaller diameter,

or engines with a needle

bearing in the crankshaft. Refer to

⇒ Fig. ““Centering the clutch disc, removing and installing the pressure plate on engines with a crankshaft

with a smaller diameter, or engines with a needle bearing -arrow- in the crankshaft.”“ , page 49

❑ Lightly grease the splines

Note

Clean the input shaft splines and (on

used clutch plates) the hub splines.

Remove any corrosion and then ap‐

ply a very thin coat of Grease for

Clutch Disc Shaft Splines - G 000

100- on the driveshaft splines. Then

move the clutch plate back and forth

on the input shaft until the hub

moves freely on the shaft. Remove

any excess grease.

3 - Pressure Plate

❑ Removing and installing. Refer to

⇒ Fig. ““Centering the Clutch Plate and Removing and Installing Pressure Plate”“ , page 48

 .

❑ Removing and installing on engines which have a crankshaft with a smaller diameter, or engines with a

needle bearing in the crankshaft. Refer to

⇒ Fig. ““Centering the clutch disc, removing and installing the pressure plate on engines with a crankshaft

with a smaller diameter, or engines with a needle bearing -arrow- in the crankshaft.”“ , page 49

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