Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Vibration due to wheels/tyres - causes and rectification
- Causes of vibration
- Conducting a road test before balancing wheels
- Balancing wheel, conditions
- Balancing wheel, balancing wheel on stationary wheel balancer
- Balancing wheel, balancing wheel with finish balancer
- Vibration control system
- Checking radial and lateral runout of wheels and tyres, tolerances
- Checking radial and lateral runout on wheels and tyres with tyre gauge
- Checking radial and lateral run-out on wheel rim
- Matching wheels and tyres
- Determining flat spots on tyres
Checking maximum wheel lock
The maximum wheel lock is determined with the aid of the
wheel alignment computer.
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When the values for the maximum wheel lock lie out ...
Causes of vibration
Vibration can have a number of different causes. Vibration
can also be caused by tyre wear. Tyre wear caused by driving is
not always evenly spread across the entire ...
Other materials:
Removing and installing upper transverse link, four-wheel drive
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-
Removing
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Loosen wheel bolts.
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Checking for leaks
Note
The average air pressure of the earth's atmosphere at sea
level is 1013 mbar and decreases steeply as the altitude
increases (approx. 100 mbar/1,000 m altitude). Local and time
fluctuations also influence vacuum generation.
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Removing and installing amplitude modulation (AM) frequency filter -R177-
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Torque wrench -V.A.G 1783-
Removing
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Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers, and remov ...