VW Golf manuals

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing hinges

Special tools and workshop equipment required
   
  Note
Removal and installation are described for the right hinge only. Removal and installation of the left hinge are similar.
Removing
 

Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331-
Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331-

Removing and installing hinges

–  Removing bonnet -2- → Chapter
–  If fitted, remove caps -4-.
–  Remove bolts -3-.
–  Pull off hinge -1-.

 
Installing
   

Removing and installing hinges

Installation of the hinge -1- is carried out in the reverse order of removal.
–  Install bonnet -2- → Chapter.
Specified torques
  Hinges → Chapter „Assembly overview - bonnet“
Removing and installing striker pin
Special tools and workshop equipment required     Removing   Torque wre ...

Removing and installing insulation
Removing     –  Lever retaining clips -2- out of bonnet -3- using removal lever -80-200-. –  ...

Other materials:

Removing and installing front interior light/reading light
Special tools and workshop equipment required     Removal wedge -3409-   Note The switch module is an integral part of the front interior light -WX1- and cannot be r ...

Removing and installing striker pin
Special tools and workshop equipment required         Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331-   Socket -3410-   Note Removal and inst ...

Wear in middle of tyre
This wear pattern is found on the driven wheels of high-performance vehicles that are frequently driven long distances at high speeds. At high speeds, centrifugal forces cause the tyre diameter to increase more in the middle of the tread ...

© 2016-2025 Copyright www.vwgolf.org