Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing tyres, wheels without and with tyre pressure monitoring
| If fitted, check tyre pressure sensor using vehicle
diagnostic tester, and renew it as necessary. |
 Note
| The tyre pressure sensor (if fitted) must not come into
contact with water or be blown upon with compressed air when the
wheel rim is cleaned. |
| If bonded wheel trims are fitted, treat them with great
care. The surface is susceptible to scratches. |
| If the wheel trim is damaged, renew wheel rim. |
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Place wheel with tyre on a tyre fitting unit. |
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Turn wheel, until tyre valve or tyre pressure sensor are
positioned at least at 30° ahead of assembly head. |
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Using assembly lever, lever upper tyre bead over assembly
finger. |
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Run tyre fitting unit clockwise until upper tyre bead is
fitted completely over wheel rim flange. |
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Turn wheel, until tyre valve or tyre pressure sensor are
positioned at least at 30° ahead of assembly head. |
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Using assembly lever, lever lower tyre bead over assembly
finger. |
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Insert plastic assembly lever. |
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Using plastic assembly lever -1-
and working from outside, hold bead over wheel rim flange, and
run tyre fitting unit clockwise until tyre is completely removed
from wheel rim. |
Note
| Check that the tyre pressure sensor is not loose or damaged.
If the screwed connection is loose, replace the union nut, the
valve core, the seal, the sealing washer and the valve cap with
new parts from the repair set
→ Electronic Parts Catalogue “ETKA”. |
| Remove tyre pressure sensor if damaged
→ Chapter. |
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Only trained personnel may perform any assembly work on
run-flat tyres and ultra-high-performance tyres.
If fitted, check tyre pressure sensor ...
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