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Rear lid

2.1

Tools

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Torque wrench 5...50 Nm -V.A.G 1331-

2.2

Assembly overview - rear lid

1 - Lid

❑ Removing and installing

⇒ page 30

❑ Adjusting 

⇒ page 34

2 - Rear lid lock

❑ Removing and installing

⇒ page 39

3 - Adjustment buffer

❑ Left and right
❑ Adjusting 

⇒ page 35

4 - Gas strut

❑ Removing 

⇒ page 31

❑ Releasing gas

⇒ page 31

5 - Hinge

❑ Removing and installing

⇒ page 31

6 - Striker pin

❑ Removing and installing

⇒ page 34

❑ Adjusting 

⇒ page 35

7 - Cap

❑ Left and right
❑ Stop for adjustment buf‐

fer

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2.3

Removing and installing rear lid

2.3.1

Removing

– Open rear lid -1-.
– Remove rear lid trim ⇒  General body repairs, interior; Rep.

Gr.  70 ; Trims and insulation; Rear lid trim .

– Separate connectors for all electrical components and pull

hose off rear window wash and wipe system.

– Guide hose and lines out through opening.
– Loosen bolts -3- for hinges -4- on left and right (do not remove).
Further dismantling is possible only with the help of a second

mechanic.
– Detach gas struts -2- on left and right of lid -1- 

⇒ page 31

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– Now remove bolts -3- and remove rear lid -1-.

2.3.2

Installing

Installation is carried out in reverse order of removal.

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– Specified torque for rear lid bolts: 10 Nm.
– Adjusting lid 

⇒ page 34

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• Before closing rear lid, check function of lid release compo‐

nents.

2.4

Removing gas strut

– Open rear lid and support it.
– Position a small screwdriver beneath spring clip -2-.
– Raise spring clip -2- until spring clip can be moved over ball

socket in -direction of arrow-.

– Pull gas struts -1- from ball-head pins -3- and -4-.
After removing gas strut -1-, slide spring clip -2- back immediately.

WARNING

Proceed with care if gas strut is reused. Spring clip must not

be levered completely out of ball socket, as it will otherwise be

damaged. Gas strut springs out of mounting and causes dam‐

age or injury to operator.

– Specified torque for ball-head pins -3- and -4-: 21 Nm.
– Releasing gas from gas strut 

⇒ page 31

2.5

Releasing gas from gas strut

– Clamp gas strut in vice in area x = 50 mm.

WARNING

Clamp gas strut only within area -x-; otherwise danger of ac‐

cident!

– Saw through cylinder of gas strut within first third of cylinder's

overall length using piston rod end of cylinder as reference

point.

Note

Wear eye protection when sawing.

Cover area of saw cut with a cloth.

Dispose of oil and cloth via existing disposal channels.

2.6

Removing and installing rear lid hinges

Note

Removal and installation is described for the right rear lid hinge.

Follow same instructions for the left rear lid hinge as appropriate.

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2.6.1

Removing

– Remove rear lid -1- 

⇒ page 30

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– Lower rear of moulded headlining ⇒  General body repairs,

interior; Rep. Gr.  70 ; Trims, insulation; Roof trims; Removing

and installing moulded headlining .

– Remove hexagon nut -3- and remove rear lid hinge -2- from

roof bracing.

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