Help Identifying T5 Transporter Part

[xcal_au]

Hi Guys,

I am wondering if anyone can help me out by identifying what the following part is ? I found it under my T5 Transporter Runner 2012 recently. It was found underneath the spare wheel at the back of the car.



Any help is much appreciated.

Cheers,
Tom.

[Sunny43.5]

It's the handbrake tensioner , I crawled under ours and if you look forwards from the rear you will see the two cables going to each rear wheel . If you look on the cross member the spring attaches to the body and then onto the part that the two cables are retained on . I will post a photo shortly .

[xcal_au]

It's the handbrake tensioner , I crawled under ours and if you look forwards from the rear you will see the two cables going to each rear wheel . If you look on the cross member the spring attaches to the body and then onto the part that the two cables are retained on . I will post a photo shortly .

Thanks a bunch for helping me out. Going to crawl under the van now and see if I can get it back on.

[Sunny43.5]

I would suggest that the black plastic part might have thread inside check to see if its stripped , hard to imagine it just came undone so a good look will make certain its ok .

[LogicprObe]

Good work Sunny............I was gonna have a look when I changed the oil today but it's too wet.
(the part did look familiar though)

[Sunny43.5]

Yes I went down late last night between rain and had a look , it was a squeeze with my fat gut and lowered van conspiring to make it hard to get under LOL . So I took multiple photos and chose the best .

[xcal_au]

Yep looks like the thread inside the black plastic attachment is stripped. Thanks again guys for your help.

Now to try and source this part.

Seems like a parts store in the UK has them:

[Sunny43.5]

No Problem it never hurts to ask a question regardless of how strange it may be .I put the part number into a Google search like this 701711367VW and it gives quite a few places that stock the part , now I would suggest checking local VW dealer first as a few places I looked at want around $40 to $50 for freight alone !! Small items are unfortunatley expensive to send it seems , I buy a lot of parts from overseas and even though they can be up to half the cost of local suppliers the freight has to factored in before purchase .

[Kiels3927]

You could just about knock up something to replace that plastic coupler with the right sized nut, a bit of strap & a steady hand on the welder.

[Sunny43.5]

Another idea put a cut down each side of the threaded part with a hacksaw and then refit with a couple of stainless steel clamps to close the sides onto the thread , might be short term fix at least .