Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Jetta. Manual - part 501

  

- Press out drive axle. 

Note: 

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When pressing drive axle out ensure sufficient 
clearance is available.  

 

- Pull wheel bearing housing with ball joint out from control 
arm. 

- Remove drive axle from wheel bearing housing and tie up.  

The axle shaft must not hang down! 

The inner joint will be damaged through overflexing.

- Remove phillips-head screw for brake disc and take out 
brake disc. 

- Remove cover plate. 

- Remove connecting link from control arm. 

- Release speed sensor wiring from suspension strut. 

Note: 

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Place engine/transmission jack V.A.G1383/A 
underneath (danger of accident from falling parts 
when removing the wheel hub and wheel bearing).   

 

Pulling out wheel hub

 

Front suspension, servicing

  

  

- Insert thrust bolts - 1 - in wheel bearing housing. 

- Install support - 2 - , piston cylinder - 3 - with pull rod and 
special nut - 4 - . 

- Hold tool securely and pull out wheel hub. 

1 - Thrust bolt E-15  

2 - Bell E-40  

3 - Piston cylinder HKZ-15  

4 - Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod  

Pulling out wheel bearing

 

- Remove circlip. 

- Install press piece - 1 - with shoulder to bearing, press 
sleeve - 2 - with four stepped internal diameters to wheel 
bearing housing, piston cylinder - 3 - with pull rod and 
special nut - 4 - . 

- Operate pump and remove wheel bearing.  

1 - Thrust tube E-5  

2 - Press sleeve E-65-1  

3 - Piston cylinder HKZ-15  

Front suspension, servicing

  

  

  

4 - Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod  

Pulling off bearing inner race from hub 

Pressing in wheel bearing 

- Clean hole from wheel bearing housing 

- Grease hole completely with Molykote grease. 

Molykote grease, G 052 723 A2 

Use grease packet from repair kit 

- Install wheel bearing - 1 - , press piece - 2 - install with 
collar in bearing) and piston cylinder - 3 - with pull rod on 
wheel bearing housing. 

Front suspension, servicing

  

- Install thrust piece - 4 - with wide collar toward wheel 
bearing housing and special nut - 5 - on inside. 

- Press wheel bearing in by operating pump. 

- Insert circlip with needle nose pliers. 

1 - Wheel bearing 

2 - Thrust tube E-13-1  

3 - Piston cylinder HKZ-15  

4 - Thrust tube E-10  

5 - Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod  

Pressing in wheel hub

 

- Install hub - 1 - and piston cylinder - 2 - with pull rod on 
wheel bearing. 

- Install thrust piece - 3 - with collar toward special nut - 4 - 
on inside. 

- Press in hub by operating pump. 

1 - Wheel hub 

2 - Piston cylinder HKZ-15  

3 - Thrust tube E-5  

4 - Special nut E-8-214 and pull rod  

Further installation is in reverse sequence to removal.

III - Front suspension strut, assembly 
overview 

Front suspension, servicing