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Rear bonnet lock: removing and installing > < Gas damper: venting

Leon Mk2

Rear bonnet: adjustment
Rear bonnet: adjustment
  Note
   
For a precise adjustment of the rear bonnet, ensure that, when it is closed, the tolerances are all equal and do not extend on any side
  E55-0007
The adjustment must be made when the vehicle is supported on four wheels
1 - Threaded sleeve (left thread)
2 - Spacing core
3 - Expansion rods with dismounting groove
4 - Retention tabs for basic adjustment
5 - Retracted zone for retention tabs
6 - Insertion rail
7 - Clamp bolt
8 - Rubber elastic stop
–  Lever out the expansion rod using a narrow screwdriver applied to the dismounting groove, and remove the elastic adjustment stop from its casing in the rear bonnet.
–  Remove the rubber stop and undo the clamp bolt (hexagonal interior 3 mm) to the edge of the insertion rail.
  V55-0214
–  Adjust the threaded sleeve -1- (left thread) to distance " = 3 mm. Check the distance with, for example, an Allen Key -9-. Refit the rubber stop.
  Note
In the new part, the elastic adjustment stop has already been adjusted to the distance of 3 mm. The spacing core -2- is supported against the threaded sleeve -1-.
  V55-0215
–  Remove the insertion rail and reinsert until the tabs -4- fit into the retracted area -5-.
Distance between casing and rubber stop: b = 10 mm.
–  Fit the elastic adjustment stop and the expansion rods.
–  Close the rear bonnet by applying slight pressure.
–  Open the rear bonnet again.
  V55-0216
–  Tighten the clamp bolt -7- to 2 Nm.
  V55-0217

Rear bonnet lock: removing and installing > < Gas damper: venting