Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing wiper blade
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Move wipers to service position
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Caution
| Risk of damage to the wiper blade. |
| Joint-free wipers are very flexible. To lift the
wiper blades off the windscreen, touch them only in the
area in which the wiper blades are attached to the
wipers. |
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Lift wiper arm off the windscreen. |
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Press retaining clip -arrow A-
and push wiper blade -1- off wiper
arm -2--arrow B-. |
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Remove wiper blade -1-. |
Caution
| Risk of damage to the vehicle body. |
| Wiper blades for driver and front passenger sides
each have a different length. |
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| Install in the reverse order of removal, observing the
following: |
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Insert wiper blade -1- in
parallel movement into wiper arm
-2--arrow-. Ensure that wiper blade
-1- is pushed into wiper arm -2-
until retaining clip is heard to engage. |
| To leave the “service position”: |
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Operate windscreen wiper switch. Or |
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Drive vehicle faster than 6 km/h. |
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Caution
Risk of damaging the bonnet when moving wipers back
into the park position.
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Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Puller -T10369-
Removing
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Note
Removal and installation are described for the left side.
Removal and insta ...
Saw-tooth wear
Saw-tooth wear is a stepped wear pattern on the individual
tread blocks → Fig.
that can cause increased tyre noise. The saw tooth is caused by
uneven deformation of the tread blocks in the tyre's contact
patch. Saw-tooth wear is more pronounce ...
Undercoated areas
Note
Undercoating (stone-chipping protection) applied during repair work
must be identical in appearance and thickness to the original
undercoating.
Water drainage holes must remain clear.
All threaded studs and welded nuts with metric ...
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