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Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing speed sensor on rear axle -G44-/-G46-, vehicles with four-wheel drive

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual / Brake system / ABS, ADR, TCS, EDL, ESP / Sensors / Removing and installing speed sensor on rear axle -G44-/-G46-, vehicles with four-wheel drive

  Note
Removal and installation is described for the rear left speed sensor. Removal and installation of the rear right speed sensor is analogous.
Removing
–  Raise vehicle.
   
–  Disconnect connector -3- from rear left speed sensor -G46--1-.
–  Unscrew bolt -2-, and pull rear left speed sensor -G46--1- out of wheel bearing housing.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:
–  Clean inside surface of hole before inserting speed sensor.
–  Coat speed sensor all-round with high-temperature paste G 052 112 A3.
Specified torques
→ Chapter „Assembly overview - speed sensor on rear axle, all-wheel drive“
 

Removing and installing speed sensor on rear axle -G44-/-G46-, vehicles with four-wheel driveN45-10316

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