Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Wheel change, installation instructions for wheel change
WARNING
| Perform the checks and follow the instructions
listed below. This is important to ensure that the wheel
bolts and the wheels are properly secured. |
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Note
| On vehicles with tyre pressure indicator, the tyre pressure
indicator has to be recalibrated any time one or more wheels are
removed or fitted
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Check to ensure that contact surfaces
-arrows- on brake disc are free of corrosion and dirt. |
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Check to ensure that contact surface
-arrow- on centring seat of brake disc are free of
corrosion and dirt. |
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Check to ensure that contact surface
-arrow- on inner side of wheel (rim) and also centring
seat of rim are free of corrosion and dirt. |
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The concave seats * in the holes
for the wheel bolts and the threads of the wheel bolts must also
be free of corrosion and dirt, oil or grease. |
| * The concave seat is the curved
surface of a section of a sphere cut by a plane. |
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Check whether the wheel bolts can be easily screwed in by
hand. The thread of the wheel bolts must not come into contact
with the bore in the brake disc -arrow-. |
| If the thread of the wheel bolt touches the hole
-arrow-, turn the brake disc
relative to the wheel hub accordingly. |
| If necessary, remove dirt and corrosion: |
| Oil or grease from contact surfaces |
| Oil or grease from threads in wheel hub |
| Oil or grease from threads in wheel bolts |
WARNING
| Damaged, badly corroded or difficult to remove wheel
bolts must be renewed. |
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Warming cold tyres to minimum installation temperature
Note
This instruction also applies to ultra-high performance
tyres (h ...
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Preserving wheel centring seat
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When fitting the wheel, pull in all wheel bolts uniformly by ...
Other materials:
Removing and installing suspension strut
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-
Spreader -3424-
Engine and gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A-
Support -T10149-
Special tools and workshop equipment
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Temporary spare wheels
Notes on temporary spare wheels
Inform your customers about the following notes and, if
appropriate, refer also to the user's manual of the vehicle as
the need arises.
The followin ...
Removing and installing bulbs for cornering light -L148-/-L149-
Note
Left cornering light bulb -L148- and right cornering light
bulb -L149- are only fitted on gas discharge headlights.
Removal and installation are described for the left side.
Removal and installation on the right ...
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Wheel change, installation requirements
Wheel change, wheel installation