Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing hinges

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual / General body repairs, exterior / Bonnet. flaps.cab. central loking / Rear lid / Removing and installing hinges

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Removing

Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331-

Removing and installing hinges

–	Lower moulded headliner in area of hinge mounting → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70.

–	Moulded headliner can now be lowered sufficiently to allow hexagon nut -4- to be unscrewed without damage occurring to moulded headliner.

–	Loosen hexagon nut -4- and bolts -2-. Do not unscrew completely.

Note

Mask off the edge of the roof and the upper edge of the rear lid to prevent the paintwork from being damaged
For the following procedure a 2nd mechanic is required to support the rear lid in the area indicated by the -arrow-.
The gas struts remain installed

–	Unscrew hexagon nut -4- and bolts -2-.

–	Pull out hinge -1-.

Installing

Removing and installing hinges

Hinge -1- installation is carried out in reverse order of removal.

Note

Make sure that washer -3- is correctly seated.
Recreate all seals which have been broken.
Before closing rear lid, check function of lid release components

Specified torques

Hexagon nut and bolts → Chapter „Assembly overview - rear lid“

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