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
→ Anchor. |
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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 cover cap, for lock cylinder
Removing and installing cover cap, for
lock cylinder
Note
When removing lock cylinder cover cap, the screwdriver should
not be turned and the screwdriver should not be used as a lever.
The lock cylinder and cover cap for lock cylin ...
Repairing corrugated pipe
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Hot air blower -VAS 5179- or
Hot air blower -V.A.G 1416/- or
Hot air blower -VAS 1978/14-
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Renewing rear bonded rubber bush
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Tensioning strap -T10038-
Assembly tool -T10263-
Assembly tool -T10356-
Engine and gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A-
Hydraulic press -VAS 6178- and thrust piece - ...
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Wheel change, installation requirements
Wheel change, wheel installation