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Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Jetta. Manual - part 548

1. Hex bolt, 60 Nm

Always replace

2. Shock absorber mounting bracket

3. Gas filled shock absorber

Removing and installing

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4, Shock absorber, removing
and installing

Can be replaced individually

Application

See Parts

Catalog

Function check

Item - 1 -

Rear axle, servicing (all wheel drive vehicles)

4. Stabilizer bar

5. Self-locking nut, 25 Nm

Always replace

6. Hex bolt, 110 Nm

M 14 x 1.5 x 90

Always replace

7. Connecting Link

8. Trailing arm

9. Spacer

Installed to vehicles with
heavy-duty suspension only

10. Bump stop

10 Nm

11. Coil spring

Examine for paint damage and
repair paint damage if
necessary

Observe color coding

Different versions

Application

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Catalog

Removing and installing

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4, Spring, removing and
installing

12. Washer

13. Threads in longitudinal member

If weld nut threads are damaged,
threads can be repaired using
Heli-Coil thread inserts.

Servicing thread in longitudinal

Rear axle, servicing (all wheel drive vehicles)

14. Thread in cross-member

member

40-3, Threads in

longitudinal member, servicing

If welded nut threads in the
cross member are damaged,
threads can be repaired using
Heli-Coil thread inserts.

Servicing thread in cross
member

40-3, Threads in

longitudinal member, servicing

Rear axle, servicing (all wheel drive vehicles)

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Trailing arm and transverse links (all-
wheel drive vehicles), assembly
overview

Note:

Never load the wheel bearing when
the drive axle is removed.

When the vehicle is on its wheels
and to be moved, an outer joint from
a drive axle must be installed.

Welding and straightening
operations are not permitted on
load-bearing or wheel-controlling
components.

Always replace self-locking nuts.

Always replaced corroded
bolts/nuts.

Trailing arm and transverse links (all-wheel drive vehicles), assembly overview

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