Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Golf Variant. Manual - part 487

8 - Supply Hose
9 - Brake Fluid Reservoir
10 - Seals

❑ Must be located inside the supply hose.

11 - Clutch Master Cylinder

❑ Removing and installing. Refer to

⇒ “1.10 Clutch Master Cylinder, Removing and Installing”, page 32

 .

12 - Clamp

❑ The clamp must be removed in order to remove/install the hose/line assembly

13 - Seal/O-Ring

❑ Replace if damaged
❑ Install on the line connection
❑ Install with brake fluid
❑ Seals/O-rings suitable for the line connection material. Refer to

⇒ Fig. ““Sealing Rings/O-Rings for Hose/Line Assembly or Pipe”“ , page 19

❑ Allocation. Refer to the Parts Catalog.

14 - Hose/Line Assembly

❑ With frequency modulator
❑ Not on all vehicles
❑ Allocation. Refer to the Parts Catalog.

15 - Bracket

❑ For hose/line assembly

16 - Seal/O-Ring

❑ Replace if damaged
❑ Install on the line connection
❑ Install with brake fluid
❑ Seals/O-rings suitable for the line connection material. Refer to

⇒ Fig. ““Sealing Rings/O-Rings for Hose/Line Assembly or Pipe”“ , page 19

❑ Allocation. Refer to the Parts Catalog.

1.4

Overview - Clutch Release Mechanism

1 - Clutch Slave Cylinder with

Release Bearing

❑ Must be replaced to‐

gether because they are

a single unit

❑ Do not wash the bear‐

ing, just wipe it off.

❑ Replace a loud bearing

together with the clutch

slave cylinder

❑ Removing and instal‐

ling. Refer to

⇒ “1.11 Clutch Slave

Cylinder with Release

Bearing, Removing and

Installing”, page 33

 .

❑ For release bearing with

additional plastic wash‐

er. Refer to

⇒ Fig. ““Release Bear‐

ing with Additional Plas‐

tic Washer”“ ,

page 22

 , pressure

plate allocation. Refer to

⇒ Fig. ““Only for Re‐

lease Bearings with Ad‐

ditional Plastic Washer;

Where the Pressure

Plate Diaphragm

Springs -arrows- have a

Slightly Lower Installa‐

tion Height.”“ ,

page 22

❑ Allocation. Refer to the

Parts Catalog.

2 - Bolt

❑ For metal clutch slave

cylinder (without locking

fluid): 12 Nm

❑ For plastic clutch slave cylinder (with locking fluid): 15 Nm
❑ Replace after removing
❑ Quantity: 3
❑ Pay attention to the thread pitch on the bolt when cleaning the threaded hole in the clutch housing.
❑ Carefully tighten diagonally and in step so that the tabs on the clutch slave cylinder do not break

3 - Clamp

❑ To remove and install the line, remove the clip up to the stop
❑ Install until the clip engages audibly

4 - Line

❑ To the clutch master cylinder

5 - O-Ring

❑ Replace if damaged
❑ Install on the line connection
❑ Install with brake fluid
❑ Allocation. Refer to the Parts Catalog.

Release Bearing with Additional Plastic Washer
Identified by the tabs -arrow- on the plastic washer.

Only for Release Bearings with Additional Plastic Washer; Where

the Pressure Plate Diaphragm Springs -arrows- have a Slightly

Lower Installation Height.
• Install the release bearing with additional plastic washer and

the pressure plate diaphragm spring with a slightly lower in‐

stallation height.

1.5

Over-Center Spring, Removing and In‐

stalling

Removing
– Move the driver seat as far back as possible.
– Move the steering wheel upward as far as possible. Use the

entire steering column adjustment range.

Vehicles with a Knee Airbag
– Remove the driver side knee airbag -1-. Refer to ⇒  Body In‐

terior; Rep. Gr.  69 ; Knee Airbags; Overview - Knee Airbag .

Vehicles without Knee Airbag
Disconnect the battery ground cable. Refer to ⇒  Electrical Equip‐

ment; Rep. Gr.  27 ; Battery; Battery, Disconnecting and Con‐

necting .

Continuation for All
– Remove driver side footwell vent -1-. Refer to ⇒  Heating,

Ventilation and Air Conditioning; Rep. Gr.  87 ; Air Routing;

Overview - Air Routing and Air Distribution in Passenger Com‐

partment .

– Remove the Data Bus on Board Diagnostic Interface - J533-

-1- from the bracket. Refer to ⇒  Electrical Equipment; Rep.

Gr.  97 ; Control Modules; Component Location Overview -

Control Modules and push it aside.

– Remove bolt -2-, unclip the crash bolster -1- and push aside.

– Press the retainers together in the direction of -arrows- and

remove the mounting pin -1- for the valve lifter/clutch master

cylinder to the right.