Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Damage caused by foreign bodies
| Driving over hard, pointed objects like nails, screws and
the like can pierce the tyre. |
| This always leads to tyre damage. |
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| Damage due to embedded foreign body |
| Often, the object -marking- is
so securely embedded in the tyre that it will not free itself
even at higher speeds. Consequently, it can act as a plug and
seal the tyre relatively well. This results in a gradual loss of
pressure, which the driver will not notice immediately, but
which can lead to sudden and complete tyre failure. |
 Note
| No repair should be attempted on a steel-belted tyre of
which the structure has been punctured by a foreign body. |
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A swelling in the sidewall of the tyre indicates that the
substructure of the carcass has been damaged.
Typic ...
Tyres with stripped profile
Such damage usually develops over a longer period of time.
If an already damaged tyre is exposed to high stress, the
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Other materials:
Removing and installing wind deflector
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Removing
Torque wrench -V.A.G 1783-
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Open glass panel completely.
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Assembly overview - rear parking aid, LHD vehicles
1 -
Electrical connector
2 -
Spreader clip
3 -
Rear parking aid warning buzzer -H15-
Removing and installing
→ Chapter
4 -
Spreader clip
5 -&n ...
Flat spots caused by hard braking
This type of flat spots may be caused by hard braking on a
rough surface such as a tarmac road.
During this type of braking manoeuvre only a certain area of
the tyre is abraded accordingly and therefore causes an
imbala ...
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Swellings in the tyre sidewall
Stripped profile