Volkswagen Golf / Golf Plus. Manual - part 228

 

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Volkswagen Golf / Golf Plus. Manual - part 228

 

 

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2.6.2

Installing

Note

After installing rear lid -1- tighten hexagon nut -3- for rear lid hinge -2- again to 24 Nm.

– Install rear lid hinge -2- and tighten hexagon nut -3- to 24 Nm.
– Install rear lid -1- 

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– Retighten hexagon nuts -3- to 24 Nm after completing assem‐

bly procedure.

– Install moulded headlining ⇒  General body repairs, interior;

Rep. Gr.  70 ; Trims, insulation; Roof trims; Removing and in‐

stalling moulded headlining .

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2.7

Removing and installing striker pin

2.7.1

Removing

– Remove lock carrier cover ⇒  General body repairs, interior;

Rep. Gr.  70 ; Luggage and load area compartment trim; Re‐

moving and installing lock carrier cover .

– Remove bolts -1- and remove striker pin.

2.7.2

Installing

– Install striker pin -2-.
– Specified torque for bolts -1-: 23 Nm.
– Adjust striker pin 

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Further installation is performed in the reverse order of removal.

2.8

Adjusting lid

Note

Vehicle must be standing on the ground to perform the basic

adjustment of the rear lid.

The rear lid lock is bolted directly to the rear lid. It does not

have elongated holes, so it cannot be adjusted.

Adjusting buffers cannot be used to adjust rear lid as they are

in some other vehicles. They have the function of stabilising

and damping the rear lid.

In conclusion, the rear lid adjustment is described in several

steps.
Use the setting gauge -3371- ⇒ Body Repairs; Rep. Gr.  00 ;

Technical data; Body gap dimensions to check or adjust the gap

dimensions.
– Remove gas strut 

⇒ page 31

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– Adjust rear lid at striker pin 

⇒ page 35

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– Adjust rear lid on rear lid hinges by loosening bolts -3-

⇒ page 30

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– Adjust rear lid on rear lid hinges by loosening hexagon nut

-3- 

⇒ page 32

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– Adjust adjustment buffer 

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Note

The lid is adjusted correctly if the gaps/shut lines are even all

around, the lid is not too deep or too high and all contours align

when the lid closed.

2.8.1

Adjusting striker pin

– Remove lock carrier cover ⇒  General body repairs, interior;

Rep. Gr.  70 ; Luggage and load area compartment trim; Re‐

moving and installing lock carrier cover .

– Loosen striker pin -2-.
– Move striker pin -2- to rearmost position -arrow- and tighten

bolts -1-.

– Close rear lid and check adjustment.
– By loosening bolts -1- it is possible to slide striker pin -2- within

over-sized holes.

– Specified torque for bolts -1-: 23 Nm.

2.8.2

Adjusting adjustment buffer

Note

Only the adjustment for the right adjustment buffer is described.

The adjustment for the left adjustment buffer is similar.

– Loosen clamping bolt -2- until it is visible in rubber buffer.
– Now pull detent slide -1- out of adjustment buffer.

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– Adjust detent slide to dimension -a = 12.5 mm-.
– Close rear lid to detent position with light pressure at centre of

lid.

– Open rear lid again.
– Screw in adjustment buffer clamping screw -1- to a depth of

dimension -a = 25 mm-.

– Check setting.

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