Polo Mk5: Running gear
Also for this vehicle: Polo Mk3, Polo Mk4.
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Brake systems153 pages
Technical data15 pages
Brake allocation via PR No.5 pages
Technical data for brakes7 pages
ABS, ADR, TCS, EDL, ESP35 pages
- Notes for repair work on anti-lock brake system
- Connecting VAS 5051 and selecting functions
Electrical/electronic components and locations3 pages
- Fault display via warning lamps
Assembly overview - hydraulic unit, brake servo/brake master cylinder17 pages
Bosch 8.2i ABS/EDS/ASR/ESP, left-hand drive4 pages
Bosch 8.2i ABS/EDS/ASR/ESP, right-hand drive4 pages
Removing and installing parts of ABS system on front and rear axle7 pages
Removing and installing parts of ABS system on front axle2 pages
Removing and installing parts of anti-lock brake system on rear axle (drum brakes)2 pages
Removing and installing parts of anti-lock brake system on rear axle (disc brakes)2 pages
Removing and installing parts of ESP system3 pages
Brake, brake mechanics50 pages
Repairing front brakes15 pages
Repairing rear brakes (drum brakes)8 pages
Repairing rear brakes (disc brakes)4 pages
Assembly overview - handbrake lever8 pages
- Adjusting handbrake
- Adjusting handbrake
Assembly overview - brake pedal15 pages
Assembly overview - brake pedal, left-hand drive7 pages
Assembly overview - brake pedal, right-hand drive7 pages
Brakes, hydraulics, regulator, servo53 pages
Repairing front brake calipers9 pages
Repairing rear brake calipers5 pages
Removing and installing rear brake caliper piston4 pages
Bleeding brake system7 pages
Bleeding brake system using brake filling and bleeding unitVAS 5234 or V.A.G 18694 pages
Assembly overview - brake servo/brake master cylinder13 pages
- Assembly overview - brake servo/brake master cylinder (left-hand drive vehicle)
- Assembly overview - brake servo/brake master cylinder (right-hand drive vehicle)
Vacuum pump for brake servo (vehicles with diesel engine)2 pages
- Checking non-return valve
Vacuum pump for brakesV1924 pages
- Removing and installing brake servo pressure sensorG294
- Removing and installing brake light switchF, left-hand drive
- Removing and installing brake light switchF, right-hand drive
Removing and installing brake master cylinder7 pages
Removing and installing brake master cylinder, right-hand drive vehicle3 pages
Removing and installing brake servo7 pages
Running gear, axles, steering137 pages
Technical data2 pages
Front suspension, drive shafts36 pages
- Evaluating accident vehicles
Repairing front wheel suspension3 pages
Subframe, anti-roll bar, suspension links13 pages
- Assembly overview - subframe, anti-roll bar, suspension links
- Repairing thread in longitudinal member
- Fixing position of subframe
- Removing and installing subframe
- Checking swivel joint
- Removing and installing swivel joint
- Installation position of swivel joints
- Removing and installing suspension link
- Renewing front bonded rubber bush for suspension link
- Renewing rear bonded rubber bush for suspension link
- Removing and installing anti-roll bar
- Removing and installing rubber bush for anti-roll bar
Assembly overview - wheel bearings3 pages
Assembly overview - suspension strut3 pages
Removing and installing drive shafts3 pages
Assembly overview - drive shaft with VL90 or VL100 constant velocity joint4 pages
Assembly overview - drive shaft with VL107 constant velocity joint2 pages
Assembly overview - drive shaft with triple roller joint AAR 2000/1082 pages
Rear suspension, drive shaft17 pages
- Evaluating accident vehicles
Assembly overview - axle body, drum brake4 pages
- Assembly overview - axle body, disc brake
Assembly overview - rear left vehicle level sender G76 , front-wheel drive2 pages
Assembly overview - wheel bearings, drum brake2 pages
Assembly overview - wheel bearings, disc brake2 pages
Wheels, tyres. axle align43 pages
- Evaluating accident vehicles
- Specified tightening torque for wheel bolts
Removing and fitting tyres with run-flat properties to wheel rims6 pages
- Tyre pressure monitor display
Wheel alignment13 pages
- General
- Test prerequisites
- Test preparations
- Wheel alignment specifications
- Transverse vehicle inclination "zero position”
- Overview - wheel alignment procedure
- Correcting front axle camber
- Check rear axle camber
- Check rear axle toe
- Adjusting front axle toe
- Checking left and right-hand wheel lock
- Vehicle data sticker
- Protecting wheel centring seat against corrosion
Rough running due to wheels/tyres - causes and rectification12 pages
- Causes of rough running
- Balancing wheels
- Conducting a road test before balancing wheels
- Balancing wheels on stationary wheel balancing machine
- Vibration control system VAS 6230
- Finish balancer
- Radial and lateral runout of wheels and tyres
- Checking radial and lateral runout on wheels and tyres with tyre gauge V.A.G 1435
- Checking radial and lateral run-out on wheel rim
- Matching
- Flat spots caused by storage or handling
Steering39 pages
- Evaluating accident vehicles
Steering column7 pages
- Removing and installing steering wheel
- Assembly overview - steering column, left-hand drive
- Removing and installing steering column, left-hand drive vehicle
- Assembly overview - steering column, right-hand drive vehicle
- Removing and installing steering column, right-hand drive vehicle
- Handling and transporting steering column
Electro-hydraulic power steering7 pages
- Assembly overview for electro-hydraulic power steering, left-hand drive vehicle
- Removing and installing power steering box, left-hand drive vehicle
- Removing and installing power steering sensor G250 , left-hand drive vehicle
- Assembly overview for electro-hydraulic power steering, right-hand drive vehicle
- Removing and installing power steering box, right-hand drive vehicle
- Removing and installing power steering sensor G250 , right-hand drive vehicle
Repairing power steering box9 pages
- Assembly overview - power steering box, left-hand drive vehicle
- Assembly overview - power steering box, right-hand drive vehicle
- Removing and installing track rod
- Checking play, tightness and bellows of track rod ball joints
- Checking and adjusting left track rod length
- Allocation of track rod ball joints
- Determining centre position of steering rack
- Adjusting steering box
Bleeding steering system, checking for leaks and checking fluid level4 pages
Wheels and Tyres Guide › Wheels, tyres. axle align18 pages
Guide for using trailers › Technical data24 pages
Technical prerequisites13 pages
- Notes on operation and driving
- Drawbar load details
- Legal requirements
- Polo 2010 ?
- CrossPolo 2010 ?
Wheels and Tyres Guide - General Information › Wheels, tyres. axle align76 pages
- General notes on wheels and tyres (passenger cars)
Legislative and technical conditions for converting wheel and tyre combinations4 pages
Useful information regarding tyres13 pages
- Identification markings on the tyre sidewall
- Explanation of tyre markings
- Speed ratings for tyres
- Undulations
- Tyre storage
- Tyre ageing
- Tyre sizes for vehicles with four-wheel drive
- Winter tyres
- Winter tyres with speed symbol "V"
- Extra Load (XL) V winter tyres
- Reinforced and Extra Load (XL) tyres
- Snow chains
Tyre wear/ mileage for passenger car tyres13 pages
Tyre damage11 pages
- General information
- Construction of a radial belted tyre
- Impact damage
- Cuts
- Damage caused by foreign bodies
- Loss of air from tyre
- Tyre inflation pressure
- Tyre damage due to insufficient tyre inflation pressure
- Rising tyre temperature caused by insufficient tyre inflation pressure
- Tyre damage due to fitting error (fitting damage)
Tyres with run-flat properties5 pages
- Rolling resistance optimised tyres
Facts about wheels (passenger cars)14 pages
- Wheel structure
- Details on rims
- Rim - pitch circle diameter (PCD)
- Split rim composite wheels
- Alloy wheels with exchangeable trim elements
Alloy wheels with exchangeable trim elements (Zaragoza)5 pages
- Care and maintenance of alloy wheel rims
- Restoring alloy wheels
- The valve