Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Wheel change, protecting wheel centring seat against corrosion
| Applies to alloy and steel wheels |
| When changing a wheel, wheel centring seat should be waxed
using wax spray to prevent corrosion between wheel centring seat
and wheel rim
→ Electronic Parts Catalogue “ETKA”. |
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Thoroughly clean wheel centring seat on wheel hub and the
centring ring of the wheel rim. |
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Apply wax to centring area -arrow-
with a brush. |
| Ensure that only centring ring -arrow-
but not contact surface of wheel rim has been waxed. Otherwise,
the brakes will be soiled, which would reduce the braking
efficiency. |
WARNING
| Wheel bolts, contact surfaces of wheel hub and wheel
rim and wheel hub threads must not be waxed. Never treat
wheel securing bolts with lubricant or corrosion
protection materials! |
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Install wheel and tighten bolts or nuts
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Ensure that the wheel rim is clean.
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Insert new tyre valve with -VAS 6459--1-.
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Warming cold tyres to minimum installation temperature
Note
This instruction also applies to ultra-high performance
tyres (h ...
Other materials:
Drawers
Fig. 116 Drawer under the front seat
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings A drawer may be located under each of the front seats
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Opening or closing the drawer
To open, press the button in the drawer grip and open the drawer.
To close, push the dra ...
Dismantling and assembling heater unit
It is not necessary to extract the refrigerant and to remove
or disassemble the expansion valve and the evaporator. Further
procedure is identical with procedure for vehicles with air
conditioning system
→ Chapter.
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Removing and installing rain and light sensor, vehicles without front camera
for driver assist systems
Note
The rain and light sensor has a silicon layer (coupling pad)
which forms the contact surface to the windscreen.
The rain and light sensor has been designed so that it can
be used again. A prerequisite for re-use ...
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Wheel change, installation requirements