REPAIR MAINTENANCE OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Volkswagen Golf IV (1997 release)

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				Removing and installing drive shaft
				Replacement of protective covers of the drive shaft
				Mounting position of disc springs
				Filling SHRUS grease VW-G000603
				Filling of external hinges with greasing VW-G000603
				Filling with greasing internal hinge tripoidnogo
				Malfunctions of power shafts
			Rear suspension
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		Wheels and tires
		Brakes
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		Electrical equipment and wiring

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Removing and installing drive shaft

Drive shaft with ball constant velocity joint

1 - Self-locking dvenadtsatigrannaya
nut. When installing,
use a new nut;
2 - right drive shaft;
3 - a bolt with internal shaped
recess 40 Nm;
4 - the plate;
5 - a collar;
6 - a protective cover. The inner sleeve is made of plastic without ventilation holes;
7 - inner containment hinge. The inner sleeve is made of rubber with a hole for ventilation;
8 - Belleville spring;
9 - Internal constant-velocity joint. Replacing only the hinge assembly;

10 - seal. When installing, use a new seal. Remove the protective foil seal and glue
sealing to the hinge;
11 - a lock ring;
12 - left drive shaft;
13 - a collar;
14 - a protective cover of the external
hinge;
15 - a collar;
16 - Belleville spring;
17 - a bolt, 35 Nm;
18 - a protective casing;
19 - thrust ring;
20 - a lock ring;
21 - the external hinge of equal angular speeds

Drive shaft with trehplechim hinge (Tripoid)

1 - Self-locking nut dvenadtsatigrannaya. When you install a new nut should be used;
2 - a protective cover of the external hinge;
3 - a collar;
4 - drive shaft;
5 - a collar;
6 - the hinge case;
7 - a bolt with internal shaped deepening, 40 Nanometers;
8 - a roller;
9 - three-humeral holder clips.
The chamfer on the slots of the clips
It should be directed to the drive shaft;
10 - a lock ring. When installing, use a new
the retaining ring;

11 - O-ring. If damage is necessary to use a new sealing ring;
12 - a sealing ring;
13 - a cover;
14 - high collar;
15 - a protective cover of the internal hinge;
16 - small collar;
17 - Belleville spring;
18 - thrust ring;
19 - a lock ring;
20 - inner constant velocity joint. At failure to be replaced. When mounted on the drive shaft CV joint press-fit plastic hammer to fix its lock ring

A warning

After removing the drive shaft from the vehicle can not lower the car to the ground and move it, as otherwise it is easy to damage the bearing.

Withdrawal

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Raise the vehicle and remove the front wheel.
2. Remove the twelve point nut on the drive shaft to the hub. To keep the hub from turning when loosening nut assistant must press the brake pedal.
3. Unscrew the bolts with internal shaped deepening, securing the drive shaft to the transmission flange. For unscrewing bolts can be used indoor mnogozubyh key, for example, HZ 990 Lg-8.
	4. Using a scriber, mark the installation position of bolts (1) securing the lower ball joint front suspension to the cross arm. Remove the bolts.
5. Reject the outside of the vehicle spring strut and remove the drive shaft from the steering knuckle.
	6. If the drive shaft is sitting very close to the hub to extract it using puller VW-3283.
Cars with automatic transmission
	7. Remove the two screws that secure the pendulum support of the power unit to the beam.
	8. Insert mount between the beam and the engine block and the cylinder block to move forward at the same time remove the hinge tripoidnogo type.

Setting

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Before installing the drive shaft, clean the splines on the drive shaft and wheel hub.
2. Align the slots and insert the drive shaft into the wheel hub.
3. Clean the support surface for the twelve-nuts and lubricate it with a thin layer of oil.
4. Screw the new twelve-nuts.
5. Fully insert the outer joint of the drive shaft into the wheel hub.
6. Screw new bolts the front suspension lower ball joint to the cross arm and tighten bolts to 20 Nm, then turn them by 90 ?°.
7. Screw the drive shaft to the transmission flange and tighten the bolts to 40 Nm.
Cars with automatic transmission
8. Screw in and tighten the bolts pendular support of the power unit to a beam of 25 Nm.
9. Screw the twelve-nut of the drive shaft and tighten it to a torque of 300 Nm. To keep the hub from turning the assistant must press the brake pedal.
10. Remove the twelve point nut one turn.
11. Tighten the twelve point nut to 50 Nm, then turn at an angle of 30 ?°.
	12. dovorachivaniya dodecahedral nuts at an angle of 30 ?°, apply a label on the teeth nuts (arrow A) and the second mark on the hub opposite to the adjacent tooth (arrow B) and dovorachivaya nut, align the label.
13. Install the front wheels, then lower the car and tighten the wheel nuts.
14. Install the wheel covers.

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