Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Drive shaft
- Assembly overview - drive shaft
- Removing and installing drive shaft
- Dismantling and assembling drive shaft
- Loosening and tightening threaded connections of drive shaft
- Checking outer constant velocity joint
- Checking inner constant velocity joint
Repairing trailing arm
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Tube for wheel bearing -3345-
Assembly tool -3346-
Thrust plate -VW 402-
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Assembly overview - drive shaft
1 -
Outer constant velocity joint
Renew only as complete unit
Removing
→ Fig..
Installing: drive onto shaft ...
Other materials:
Golf BlueMotion - from model year 2013, sales type 5G1
Note
The specified wheel and tyre combinations apply for all the
gearboxes allocated to the respective engines.
Deviations from this are specially indicated in the table.
Depending on equipment, the wheel-and-tyre combination 185/70 R15 on ...
Warning and indicator lamps
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings
Lit up
Possible cause
Solution
Gearbox fault.
Do not drive
on!
Move the selector lever to position P and leave the gearbox
to cool down.
If ...
Removing and installing air distribution flap control motor -V428-, LHD
vehicles
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Vehicle diagnostic tester
Removing
–
Remove dash panel
→ General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70.
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