Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Vibration due to wheels/tyres - causes and rectification
- Causes of vibration
- Conducting a road test before balancing wheels
- Balancing wheel, conditions
- Balancing wheel, balancing wheel on stationary wheel balancer
- Balancing wheel, balancing wheel with finish balancer
- Vibration control system
- Checking radial and lateral runout of wheels and tyres, tolerances
- Checking radial and lateral runout on wheels and tyres with tyre gauge
- Checking radial and lateral run-out on wheel rim
- Matching wheels and tyres
- Determining flat spots on tyres
Checking maximum wheel lock
The maximum wheel lock is determined with the aid of the
wheel alignment computer.
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When the values for the maximum wheel lock lie out ...
Causes of vibration
Vibration can have a number of different causes. Vibration
can also be caused by tyre wear. Tyre wear caused by driving is
not always evenly spread across the entire ...
Other materials:
Removing and installing dash panel end cover
Note
Removal and installation is described for the dash panel
end cover on driver side. Follow same instructions for the front
passenger side as appropriate.
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
&n ...
Component protection
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings Some electronic components and control units are fitted
with component protection as standard, e.g the radio or navigation system.
Component protection was developed as a protective mechanism in order to:
Prevent any ...
Changing headlights over from driving on right to driving on left, LED
headlights
If a right-hand drive vehicle is driven in a left-hand drive
country, or vice versa, the headlights must be converted. This
is necessary in order to avoid dazzling oncoming traffic with
the asymmetric low beam headlights.
Note
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