Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Checking radial clearance of conrods
| Special tools and workshop equipment
required |
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Remove conrod bearing cap. |
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Clean bearing cap and bearing journal. |
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Place a Plastigage corresponding to the width of the bearing
on the journal or into the bearing shells. |
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Fit conrod bearing cap and tighten to 30 Nm without turning
further angle and without rotating crankshaft. |
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Remove conrod bearing cap again. |
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Compare width of Plastigage with the measurement scale. |
| Radial clearance: 0.028 … 0.065 mm. |
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Checking piston
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Using a micrometre, measure approx. 10 mm from the lower
edge, perpendicular to the piston pin axis.
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Overview - power transmission - front-wheel drive
The 7-speed dual clutch gearbox 0CW equipped with 5 shafts. 2 input
shafts and 3 output shafts.
A1 -
Input shaft 1
A2 -
Input shaft 2
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Balancing wheel, conditions
Before you start balancing the wheels, the following
requirements must be met.
Tyre pressure must be OK.
Tread must not be worn on one side. Tread depth should be at
least 4 mm.
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Adjusting camber at front wheels
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-
Note
Camber correction is necessary only after body repairs.
Camber cannot be ad ...
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