Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Golf Variant. Service manual - part 559
Fasteners
♦ Replace the circlips.
♦ Do not overstretch the circlips.
♦ The circlips must fit completely inside the groove.
♦ Replace the adapter sleeves. Installed position: slot is length‐
wise to line of force.
Bolts and Nuts
♦ Always loosen or tighten bolts and nuts on covers and hous‐
ings diagonally.
♦ Especially delicate parts, such as clutch pressure plates, must
not be distorted. Loosen and tighten bolts and nuts in stages
in a diagonal sequence.
♦ The tightening specifications stated apply to non-oiled nuts
and bolts.
♦ Replace self-locking bolts and nuts after removing them.
♦ Make sure the contact surfaces and visible surfaces on the
nuts and bolts are waxed after assembling.
♦ Use a thread cutter to clean all threaded holes containing self-
locking bolts to remove any locking compound residue. Oth‐
erwise the bolts could shear the next time they are removed.
♦ Please make sure that the thread pitch is correct so that the
proper thread cutter is used during cleaning, and the thread
does not get damaged.
Bearings
♦ Insert the bearings with transmission fluid.
♦ Install the new tapered roller bearings. It is not necessary to
oil them.
♦ Install needle bearings with lettered side (thicker metal) racing
the fitting tool.
♦ Replace all the tapered roller bearings that are on the same
shaft. Use tapered roller bearings from the same manufactur‐
er.
♦ To install, warm the inner races/tapered roller bearing to ap‐
proximately 100 °C (212 °F) with Inductive Heater -
VAS6414- .
♦ Do not interchange outer and inner bearing races with those
from other bearing of the same size. The bearings are paired.