Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Tyres with flange protection
| The tyre industry produces tyres with flange protection for
alloy wheels. The flange protection is intended to protect alloy
wheels from damage due to contact with kerbs. |
| The combination of tyres with flange protection, steel
wheels and a full-size hub cap can lead to the loss of the hub
cap during operation. The flexing of the tyre separates the hub
cap from its seat. |
WARNING
| When fitting tyres, always make sure that only tyres
without flange protection are fitted to steel rims. |
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| The figure shows a prohibited combination of steel rim,
full-size hub cap and a tyre with flange protection. |
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Flange of a steel rim |
WARNING
| This combination must never be fitted! |
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Even visually flawless, new or barely used tyres with
sufficient tread depth, which are older than six years, may show
significant reduction of wet properties and win ...
The following points must be observed for vehicles with
four-wheel drive:
Only tyres of the same make, design and tread pattern may be
fi ...
Other materials:
Balancing wheel, balancing wheel with finish balancer
Before you start balancing the wheels, the following
requirements must be met.
Tyre pressure must be OK.
Tread must not be worn on one side. Tread depth should be at
least 4 mm.
T ...
Rear brakes
The type of brake system installed in the vehicle is
indicated among other things by the corresponding PR number on
the vehicle data sticker.
The vehicle data sticker can be found in the spare wheel
well and in the service schedule.
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Identification plates
There are different types of identification plates.
When the auxiliary heater is replaced, check the type plate
and the duplicate plate and replace as necessary.
Identification plate on ...
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