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Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing easy-entry Bowden cable A

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual / General body repairs, interior / Seat frames / Front seats / Removing and installing easy-entry Bowden cable A

Removing
–  Remove front seat → Chapter.
–  Secure front seat on seat repair stand → Chapter.
–  Move front seat to highest position.
–  Remove seat trim on tunnel side → Chapter.
–  Turn adjustment knob of backrest adjustment towards front as far as stop.
   
–  Unclip cable support bracket -1- of Bowden cable A from backrest.
–  Detach Bowden cable A -2- from fitting on backrest.
 

Removing and installing easy-entry Bowden cable A

–  Detach cable support bracket -1- of Bowden cable A from retainer for entry assistance on seat pan.
–  Unclip retainer -2- for Bowden cable from seat pan.
–  Detach Bowden cable A on seat longitudinal adjustment -arrow- and remove it.
Installing
Install in reverse order, but note the following:
–  Adjust Bowden cable A → Chapter.
Specified torques
  → Chapter „Assembly overview - front seat“
 

Removing and installing easy-entry Bowden cable A

Adjusting Bowden cable for backrest release mechanism
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Adjusting Bowden cable A for entry assistance
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