Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Pressing tyre off wheel rim
 Note
| If bonded wheel trims are fitted, treat them with great
care. The surface is susceptible to scratches. |
| If the wheel trim is damaged, renew wheel rim. |
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Fit bead breaker -1- opposite
to tyre valve -arrow- and at a
distance of less than 2 cm from the wheel flange. |
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Remove balancing weights and dirt from wheel rim. |
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Press both tyre beads off all round and liberally coat tyre
and wheel rim flange with tyre assembly paste
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Note
| Avoid any severe braking and acceleration manoeuvres for the
first 100 or 200 km driven. Otherwise, the tyres may turn on the
wheel rim due to the tyre assembly paste. |
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Place wheel on an even surface.
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Unscrew valve insert.
Caution
The ty ...
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Switch off electrical consumers.
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Switch off auxiliary and supplementary heater and switch off
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Remove front part of front right wheel hou ...
Assembly overview - wheel housing trim, estate
Note
The illustration shows the wheel housing trim on the left side.
The right-hand side is similar (mirror image of left-hand side).
I: Vehicles without side padding
II: Vehicles with side padding
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Wheel housing tri ...
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Fitting tyre
Removing tyre sealant