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:
Checking adjustment of assembly mountings (engine and gearbox mountings)
Procedure
The following specifications must be obtained:
There must be a distance of -a-
= 10 mm between engine support -2-
and engine mounting -1-.
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Overview - power transmission
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
B1 - ...
Wiring harness repair set -VAS 1978
Wiring harness repair set -VAS 1978- allows optimal repair
quality to be achieved in the area of vehicle electrics. Using
the tools, repairs to connectors and wiring open circuits can be
carried out. To do this, complete repair wire sections with
contact ...
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Swellings in the tyre sidewall
Stripped profile