Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Without roller dynamometer for four-wheel drive vehicles
 Note
| If no test rig is available for four-wheel drive vehicles,
the brake test can also be carried out on a standard single-axle
roller dynamometer as follows: |
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Drive vehicle forwards onto the rollers. |
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Switch engine off and wait for 2 seconds. |
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Carry out front brake test. |
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Start engine and wait for approx. 5 seconds until sufficient
vacuum has been built up. |
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Drive vehicle forwards until rear wheels are positioned on
rollers. |
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Switch engine off and wait for 2 seconds. |
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Carry out rear brake test. |
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Start engine and wait for approx. 5 seconds until sufficient
vacuum has been built up. |
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Note
The brake test must be performed on a controlled
contra-rotating single-axle roller dynamometer for four-wheel
drive vehicles.
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Activate »TЬV mode«:
Seat belt is fitted
Rear axle on single-axle roller dynamometer
Ign ...
Other materials:
Wheel runout compensation
If run-out compensation is not performed, it is not possible
to adjust toe-in correctly!
The existing lateral run-out of the wheel must be
compensated for. Otherwise, the result of the measurement will
be incorrect.
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Removing and installing seat heating element -Z6-/-Z8-
Removing
If the seat padding in a vehicle with seat heating is
renewed, then the respective seat heating element must also be
renewed.
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Separate seat cover from seat ...
Detaching fibre optic cable from cable harness connector
Removing
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Pull fibre optic cable connector off the relevant control
unit.
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Release the locking mechanism in fibre optic cable connector
-1- by pressing it.
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On a regulated roller dynamometer with contra-rotating rollers for
four-wheel drive vehicles
Checking electromechanical parking brake, vehicles with front-wheel drive