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Notes on use of temporary spare wheels > < Rotating wheels

Golf Mk3

Instructions for changing or fitting wheels
Instructions for changing or fitting wheels
  WARNING
Perform the checks and follow the instructions listed below. This is important to ensure that the wheel bolts and the wheels are properly secured.
   
–  Check to ensure that contact surfaces -arrows- on brake disc are free of corrosion and dirt.
  N44-10345
–  Check to ensure that contact surface -arrow- on centring seat of brake disc are free of corrosion and dirt.
  N44-10346
–  Check to ensure that contact surface -arrow- on inner side of wheel (rim) and also centring seat of rim are free of corrosion and dirt.
–  The concave seats * in the holes for the wheel bolts and the threads of the wheel bolts must also be free of corrosion and dirt, oil or grease.
* The concave seat is the curved surface of a section of a sphere cut by a plane.
  N44-10347
–  Check whether the wheel bolts can be easily screwed in by hand. The thread of the wheel bolts must not come into contact with the bore in the brake disc -arrow-.
If the thread of the wheel bolt touches the hole -arrow-, turn the brake disc relative to the wheel hub accordingly.
Remove dirt and corrosion, oil or grease from the contact surfaces, threads in the wheel hub and/or wheel bolts as necessary.
  WARNING
Damaged, badly corroded or difficult to remove wheel bolts must be renewed.
Fitting wheels
  N44-10330
–  Preserve wheel centring seat → Running gear, axles, steering; Rep. gr.44.
1 - When fitting the wheel, screw in all wheel bolts uniformly by hand.
2 - Tighten the wheel bolts in diagonal sequence to approx. 30 Nm.
3 - Lower vehicle to the floor and tighten all wheel bolts diagonally to the specified torque using the torque wrench → Running gear, axles, steering; Rep. gr.44.
  WARNING
Do not use an impact driver when screwing in the bolts!
  N44-10331

Notes on use of temporary spare wheels > < Rotating wheels