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Removing and installing rear lid lock > < Releasing gas from gas strut

Golf Mk4

Adjusting bonnet
Adjusting bonnet
  Note
t  The rear lid is adjusted correctly if the gaps/shut lines are even all around, the lid is not too deepset or protruding and all contours align when the lid closed.
t  Vehicle must be on its wheels when adjustment is performed.
   
–  Turn adjustment buffer by 90 degrees using a ring spanner (24 mm AF) and take out of shaped hole.
–  Take rubber buffer -1- off adjustment buffer and loosen clamping screw (hexagon socket head 3 mm) until detent slide can be pulled out.
  N55-0154
–  Pull detent slide out of housing and set to dimension -a- = 12.5 mm.
  Note
When new, the adjustment buffer is already set to a distance of 12.5 mm.
  N55-0159
–  Insert adjustment buffer and secure in shaped hole by turning through 90 degrees.
  N55-0160
–  Unscrew cap -1- out of pop rivet -2- (left and right).
–  Close rear lid using light force in the middle while holding handle in the pulled (open) position.
–  Adjust gap using setting gauge -3371- to 5 mm between rear lid and side part.
–  Open rear lid again.
–  The rear lid is now adjusted with a preload of approx. 3 mm.
–  Screw plugs in pop rivet (left and right).
  N55-0155
–  Screw in clamping screw -1- to dimension a = 25 mm.
–  Check adjustment.
  N55-0212

Removing and installing rear lid lock > < Releasing gas from gas strut