Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Lowering rear axle, multi-link suspension, front-wheel drive, e-Golf
| Special tools and workshop equipment required |
| Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332- |
| Engine and gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A- |
| Lower subframe with attachments. |
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Unbolt brake calipers on both sides of vehicle and suspend
from body. |
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Remove springs
→ Chapter. |
| Vehicles with vehicle level sender |
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Disconnect connector -1-. |
| Continuation for all vehicles |
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Unplug electrical connector -1-
from ABS speed sensor on both sides and move clear. |
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Unplug electrical connector -2-
from electromechanical parking brake motor on brake caliper on
both sides. |
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Detach electrical wiring harness from retainers
-arrows- and move clear. |
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Pull out retaining clip -1- on
both sides of vehicle. |
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Free brake lines from holder. |
 Note
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Use tensioning straps -T10038--1-
to strap vehicle to support beams of lifting platform on both
sides. |
WARNING
| If the vehicle is not strapped down, there is a
great danger that the vehicle will slip off the lifting
platform! |
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Fix subframe at both forward bolts
→ Chapter. |
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Unscrew rear right bolt of subframe
-arrow-. |
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Screw spindle -3346/2- into thread of longitudinal member
using thrust piece of assembly tool -3301- and nut -3346/3-. |
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Thrust piece from assembly tool -3301- |
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Unscrew rear left bolt of subframe. |
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Turn nut -3346/3- on spindle -3346/2- until subframe is
lowered by -a- = 40 mm. |
| Installing subframe with attachments |
| Install in reverse order of removal, observing the
following: |
| → Chapter „Torque settings for wheel bolts“ |
| Bolts for bracket of high-voltage battery unit
→ Electrical system; Rep. gr.93 |
| On vehicles with vehicle level sender, carry out basic
settings for wheel damper electronics → Vehicle
diagnostic tester. |
| On vehicles with vehicle level sender, carry out basic
adjustment of headlights
→ Electrical system; Rep. gr.94. |
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When does wheel alignment have to be checked
→ Chapter? |
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Special tools and workshop equipment required
Assembly tool -3301-
Assembly tool -3346-
Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-
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Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-
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Other materials:
Changing headlights over from driving on right to driving on left, LED
headlights
If a right-hand drive vehicle is driven in a left-hand drive
country, or vice versa, the headlights must be converted. This
is necessary in order to avoid dazzling oncoming traffic with
the asymmetric low beam headlights.
Note
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Leaks at shock absorbers
Shock absorbers are often replaced because of externally
visible leakage. Inspections on the test rig and in the vehicle
have shown that in the majority of cases this replacement is not
justified.
Slight loss of fluid (“sweating”) at ...
Vehicles with multilink suspension
The connecting pipe can be cut through at the cutting point
in order to renew the centre and rear silencers separately.
Cutting point is marked by an indentation on circumference
of exhaust pipe.
Special tools and ...
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