Volkswagen Golf / Golf Plus. Manual - part 65

 

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Volkswagen Golf / Golf Plus. Manual - part 65

 

 

subframe made from aluminium and wheel bearing housing made

from cast steel)

1 - Upper spring seat
2 - Coil spring

❑ Note different running

gear versions

❑ Removing and installing

⇒ page 257

3 - Lower spring seat

❑ End of coil spring turned

to stop

4 - Bolt

❑ M14 x 1.5 x 70
❑ 180 Nm

5 - Bolt

❑ 50 Nm +45° further

6 - Shock absorber

❑ Removing and installing

⇒ page 259

❑ Repairing 

⇒ page 260

❑ Note different versions

of running gear

⇒ page 317

 , vehicle

data plate

7 - Lower transverse link

❑ Removing and installing

⇒ page 217

8 - Wheel bearing housing

❑ Removing and installing

⇒ page 236

15.1

Removing and installing coil spring

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Suspension strut clamp -V.A.G 1752-

15. Assembly overview - shock absorber, coil spring (four-wheel drive, subframe made from aluminium and wheel bearing housing made

from cast steel)     

257

 

WARNING

Make sure coil spring is properly seated in spring retainer -

V.A.G 1752/4- (risk of accident).

– Use a spanner or a reversible ratchet handle to compress

spring compressor.

– Compress coil spring until it can be removed.
– Remove spring.
1 - Adapter -V.A.G 1752/9-
2 - Spring retainer -V.A.G 1752/4-
3 - Spring compressor -V.A.G 1752/1-
Installing
Carry out installation in the reverse sequence, noting the follow‐

ing:

End of spring -arrow- must lie against stop on bottom spring seat.
– Install spring together with spring seat.
– The bottom spring seat has a pin.

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– Install wheel and tighten 

⇒ page 288

 .

15.2

Removing and installing shock absorb‐

ers

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-

Removing
– Remove wheel.
– Remove wheel housing liner ⇒  Rep. Gr.  66 .
– Remove coil spring 

⇒ page 257

 .

– Remove bolts -arrows-.

15. Assembly overview - shock absorber, coil spring (four-wheel drive, subframe made from aluminium and wheel bearing housing made

from cast steel)     

259

 

 .

The shock absorber may be bolted to the wheel bearing housing

only when the dimension measured between the centre of wheel

hub and edge of wheel housing before assembly has been at‐

tained 

⇒ page 188

 .

Specified torques

Component

Specified torque

Shock absorber to body

♦ Use new bolts

50 Nm + 45° further

Shock absorber to wheel bearing housing

180 Nm

15.3

Repairing shock absorber

1 - Shock absorber

❑ Removing and installing

⇒ page 259

❑ Note different versions

of running gear

⇒ page 317

 , vehicle

data plate

2 - Protective cap
3 - Protective tube
4 - Support ring

❑ Allocation ⇒  Electronic

parts catalogue “ETKA”

5 - Bump stop

❑ For shock absorbers

with support ring

⇒ Item 4 (page 260)

❑ Allocation ⇒  Electronic

parts catalogue “ETKA”

6 - Shock absorber mounting

❑ For shock absorbers

with support ring

⇒ Item 4 (page 177)

❑ Allocation ⇒  Electronic

parts catalogue “ETKA”

7 - Nut

❑ M10 x 1.0
❑ 25 Nm
❑ Always renew after re‐

moving

❑ Loosening and tighten‐

ing 

⇒ page 261

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