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Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing door arrester

Special tools and workshop equipment required
   
   
  Note
The description of removal and installation only applies to the left wing. The right side is similar.
Removing
 

Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331-
 Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331-

Removing and installing door arrester

–  Remove front door trim → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70.
–  Remove self-adhesive cover or front loudspeaker → Communication; Rep. gr.91.
–  Unscrew bolt -2- in A-pillar.
–  Unscrew bolts -3- and remove door arrester -1- through the opening of the loudspeaker -arrow a-.

 
Installing
   

Removing and installing door arrester

Install in reverse order of removal.
Specified torques
Door arrester → Chapter „Assembly overview - door“
Adjusting striker pin
Special tools and workshop equipment required         Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331- &nbs ...

Door components
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Other materials:

Plug-in connectors
Separating plug-in connectors Special tools and workshop equipment required     Lever -T10468- Assignment of plug-in connectors   Note The pl ...

Wheel change, protecting wheel centring seat against corrosion
Applies to alloy and steel wheels When changing a wheel, wheel centring seat should be waxed using wax spray to prevent corrosion between wheel centring seat and wheel rim → Electronic Parts Catalogue “ETKA”. ...

Removing and installing front bass loudspeakers -R21-/-R23
The front left bass loudspeaker -R21- and the front right bass loudspeaker -R23- are located in the front doors (bottom).   Note Removal and installation are described for the left side. Removal and installation on the right side ...

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