Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Renewing rear bonded rubber bush for lower suspension link
| Special tools and workshop equipment required |
| Tube for wheel bearing -3345- |
| Removing and installing tool -VW 459- |
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Remove lower suspension link. |
| Vehicles with manual gearbox or dual clutch gearbox 0CW
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| Vehicles with dual clutch gearbox 0D9
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| Pressing out bonded rubber bush |
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Press out bonded rubber bush as illustrated. |
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Tube for wheel bearing -3345- |
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Thrust plate -VW 401- |
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| Installation position of bonded rubber bush |
| The embossed arrow points between the two markings
-arrows A- in the transverse link. |
| The cam -arrow B- must always
point to outside of vehicle. Open kidney faces to centre of
vehicle. |
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| Pressing in bonded rubber bush |
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Press in bonded rubber bush as illustrated. |
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Sleeve -VW 459/2-, inner shoulder of sleeve
-arrow- faces downwards |
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Tube for wheel bearing -3345- |
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Thrust plate -VW 401- |
 Note
| Press in bonded rubber bush until wheel bearing tube -3345-
makes contact with transverse link. |
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| Greasing bonded rubber bush: |
| The kidney-shaped area -1- of
the bonded rubber bush must be greased. |
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Grease must be applied to the kidney-shaped area
-1- from above. |
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Use grease -G 052 150 A2- |
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The quantity of grease required for both sides is, as shown,
about 1 cm -dimension a-. |
| Half of the quantity of grease (about 0.5 cm) must be
applied to each kidney-shaped area. |
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The grease must be applied to the top using a commercially
available brush. |
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No grease may be applied to the area contacting the
suspension link. |
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Install lower suspension link
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| Vehicles with manual gearbox or dual clutch gearbox 0CW
→ Anchor |
| Vehicles with dual clutch gearbox 0D9
→ Anchor |
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Special tools and workshop equipment required
Assembly tool -T10219-
Thrust plate -VW 402-
Press tool -VW 411-
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Overview of fitting locations – lights in front doors
Note
The illustration shows fitting locations for LHD vehicles. Fitting
locations for RHD vehicles are similar.
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Driver door opener illumination bulb -L108-
Removing and installing
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Matching wheels and tyres
General
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coincide, the imbalance of the wheel is amplified by the tyre.
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