Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Pressing tyre off wheel rim
 Note
| If bonded wheel trims are fitted, treat them with great
care. The surface is susceptible to scratches. |
| If the wheel trim is damaged, renew wheel rim. |
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Fit bead breaker -1- opposite
to tyre valve -arrow- and at a
distance of less than 2 cm from the wheel flange. |
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Remove balancing weights and dirt from wheel rim. |
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Press both tyre beads off all round and liberally coat tyre
and wheel rim flange with tyre assembly paste
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Note
| Avoid any severe braking and acceleration manoeuvres for the
first 100 or 200 km driven. Otherwise, the tyres may turn on the
wheel rim due to the tyre assembly paste. |
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Place wheel on an even surface.
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Unscrew valve insert.
Caution
The ty ...
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Dismantling and assembling drive shaft, triple roller joint AAR3300i
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Thrust plate -VW 401-
Thrust plate -VW 402-
Press tool -VW 408 A-
Press tool -VW 411-
Tube -VW 416 B-
Th ...
Valve dimensions
Note
Inlet and exhaust valves must not be reworked. Only
lapping-in is permitted.
Dimension
Inlet
valve
Exhaust
valve
Diameter a
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Dismantling and assembling heater unit
It is not necessary to extract the refrigerant and to remove
or disassemble the expansion valve and the evaporator. Further
procedure is identical with procedure for vehicles with air
conditioning system
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