Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Adjusting rear lid

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual / General body repairs, exterior / Bonnet. flaps.cab. central loking / Rear lid / Adjusting rear lid

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331-

Setting gauge -3371-

Note

Vehicle must be standing on its wheels to enable rear lid to be adjusted
The rear lid lock -2- is bolted directly to the rear lid -1-. The rear lid lock cannot be adjusted
The adjustment buffers -4- on the left and right are not a means of adjustment. They have the function of stabilising and damping the rear lid.
The rear lid is correctly adjusted when all shut lines are even when closed. it is not protruding too far inwards or outwards, and when the contours are flush with each other.
The rear lid must engage in the striker plate without excessive force being applied

Adjusting rear lid

Use the setting gauge -3371- → Rep. gr.00 to check or set the gap dimensions.

–	Loosen striker pin -5- and adjust after adjustment of hinges and adjustment buffers → Anchor.

–	By loosening bolts -3- on left and right, it is possible to adjust rear lid -1- in oversized holes of hinge -arrows a- and -b-.

–	After completing adjustments, perform corrosion protection measures on hinge and bolts -3-.

–	Adjust adjustment buffer.

Specified torques

Bolts → Chapter „Assembly overview - rear lid“

Adjusting adjustment buffer

Note

If necessary, renew adjusting buffer → Anchor.

Adjusting adjustment buffer

–	Loosen clamping bolt -4- until it is visible in rubber buffer.

–	Pull detent slide -3- out of adjusting buffer -1-.

–	Adjust detent slide to dimension -a- = 12.5 mm.

–	Close rear lid in preliminary detent position with slight pressure in the middle.

–	Open rear lid again.

Adjusting adjustment buffer

–	Screw in clamping screw -1- of adjustment buffer -2- to a depth of -a - = 20 mm.

–	Check the adjustment.

Renew adjustment buffer.

Renew adjustment buffer

Removing

–	To remove adjustment buffer, turn entire buffer -1- through 90° -arrow a-.

–	Remove buffer from rear lid -3-.

Installing

–	Carefully check that stop -3- is correctly seated in side panel -4-.

–	To install, insert entire buffer -1- at right-angle into rear lid -arrow c-.

–	Turn buffer -1- through 90° -arrow b-.

–	Adjust buffers -1- → Anchor.

Adjusting striker pin

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331-

Note

If hexagon nuts are loosened -2-, it is possible to adjust striker pin -1- in the oversized holes of hinge -arrow a- and -arrow b-.

Adjust striker pin -1- so that the recess of the rear lid lock with rotary latch is centred -1- relative to the striker pin when it engages.

Adjusting striker pin

–	Remove trim for rear lid lock → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70.

–	Loosen hexagon nuts -2-.

–	Move striker pin -1- into upper position and tighten hexagon nuts -2-.

–	Close rear lid and make sure adjustment has been carried out correctly.

Specified torques

Hexagon nut → Chapter „Assembly overview - rear lid“

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