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-
...
Assembly overview - drive shaft
1 -
Outer constant velocity joint
Renew only as complete unit
Removing
→ Fig..
Installing: drive onto shaft ...
Other materials:
Detaching fibre optic cable from cable harness connector
Removing
–
Pull fibre optic cable connector off the relevant control
unit.
–
Release the locking mechanism in fibre optic cable connector
-1- by pressing it.
–
...
Removing and installing luggage compartment light -W3-
Removing
Caution
Danger of damage to component surfaces.
When using leverage tools, mask visible areas of the
component with commercially available adhesive tape.
...
Removing and installing onboard supply control unit -J519-, RHD vehicles
Note
When renewing the control unit, select
Renew function for the respective control unit in
Guided fault finding or
Guided functions mode
→ Vehicle
diagnostic tester.
Removing
â ...
