Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Wheel bolts, versions
| Explanations regarding types of convex seats |
| There are two different versions of convex tapered seats,
the spherical seat and the tapered. |
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| The spherical seat is the curved surface of a section of a
sphere -arrow A-. This type of
convex seat is sometimes used for genuine wheel rims. |
| The tapered seat is the flat surface of a section of a taper
-arrow B-. This type of convex seat
is sometimes used for wheel rims of the accessories trade. |
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Wheel bolts with spherical seat |
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Wheel bolts with tapered seat |
 Note
| Make sure the correct wheel bolts are fitted
→ Electronic Parts Catalogue “ETKA”. |
| On each vehicle, the same wheel bolts must be used for all 4
wheel rims. |
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| Standard, one-piece wheel bolt |
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| Two-piece wheel bolt with short rotary convex seat |
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| Two-piece wheel bolt with long rotary convex seat |
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Wheel bolts, anti-theft wheel bolt
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Anti-theft wheel bolt |
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Adapter for wheel bolt |
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Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-
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Other materials:
Rims
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings The design of the wheel bolts is matched to the rims.
If different rims are fitted, the correct wheel bolts with the right length and
correctly shaped bolt heads must be used. This ensures that wheels are fitted securely ...
Checking colour indicator, “2-colour”
WARNING
Danger of injury! Observe warning notices and safety
regulations
→ Chapter!
General information about colour indicator:
The genera ...
Repairs to contact housings using cut and clamp technique
Note
For technical reasons, the contact housings for cut and
clamp technique can only be supplied with the cut and clamp
contacts inserted.
These contacts can be removed just l ...
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Wheel bolts
Wheel bolts, adapter sets for anti-theft wheel bolts