Removal of Knee-bar Cover

Hi,

Is there any easy way to remove the knee-bar cover without removing the dash?

Cheers,

Matt


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Remove the ground wire off the battery.

Remove the center console screws and lay it on the drivers side floor.

Take the 3 10mm bolts off the side s of the upper dash and push it up.

This should expose the 6 big phillips screws that keep the front knee-bar-support attached to the rear.

Remove them and then carefully wiggle the cover off the re-bar.  Ig you have electric window switches remove them, and the ash tray so you can get the wiring pushed back.

The ash tray is live all the time so taking off the ground is needed.

Hi,

Are these the bolts?

Cheers


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matgent said

Hi,

Are these the bolts?

Cheers


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depend which country and set up in the car. the whole bar comes out after you move the centre console and the 2 or 3 nuts left right next to the door hinge.

Brian maybe thinking USA models with switches and stuff cut into knee bar, rare to see in euro one

you can take it off without disturbing the dash
bit chewy but possible 2 bolts 2 nuts each side

Those 2 bolts 8mm head remove the dash not the knee bar   

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matgent said

Hi, take the whole bar out

Is there any easy way to remove the knee-bar cover without removing the dash?

Cheers,

Matt


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To separate the lower bar to get to the screws, you have to remove the upper dash bolts you can then usually push the upper dash up about 1/4 inch to allow you to get to the screws that hold the cover on the knee bar.

You can also remove the 2 fixed bolts per side on the knee bar 13mm and loosen the nuts on the other two per side and the knee bar can be lowered to get to the screws that remove the cover off the bar.

Otherwise slacken the nuts and remove the whole thing.

The upper dash if still unmolested after all these years may have the upper dash to lower dash screws still mated. and they have to be removed.



screw holding the knee bar cover to the reinforcement bar



I also found that on the fuse box side that if you take out the side vent, that you can wiggle your arm in the opening and get to the bolts a tad bit easier.

How to safely remove your vents with out breakage is here:
Cold Hands\ Whistleing Vents? | Volkswagen Owners Club Forum

i cannot see any screws in the knee bar just
push fixings mate

It's only bolted in both sides   I'm sure no screws as well     I done it few times with out taking screws out top dash   I would never take those screws out and lift it up as you RIP the cardboard which the clips go in at top then looks horrible and lumpy

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Briano1234 said

Pretty sure I've only got 2 bolts in each side.
FFS PO.

2 bolts 2 nuts each side

Damn.