Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Golf Variant. Manual - part 254

Install in reverse order of removal. Pay attention to the following

when installing:

Caution

The door strap bracket must be folded in toward the inside of

the vehicle (to prevent damaging the paint) before installing the

rear door.

Note

The hinge arms must be flush with each other after installing the rear door.

– Adjust the rear door -1-. Refer to

⇒ “1.3 Door, Adjusting”, page 149

 .

– Pay attention the gap dimensions for the front door -1-. Refer

to ⇒ Body Repair; Rep. Gr.  00 ; Body Gap Dimensions; Center

Body .

Tightening Specifications

1.3

Door, Adjusting

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Wrench - Door Adjusting - 3320-
♦ Door Adjusting Wrench - Joint - 3320/1-
♦ Wrench - Door Adjusting - Box Wrench - 3320/2-
♦ Wrench - Door Adjusting - Box Wrench - 3320/3-
♦ Torque Wrench 1331 5-50Nm - VAG1331-
♦ Cylinder Head Bolt Socket - 3410-
♦ Gauge - Gap Adjustment - 3371-
♦ Trim Removal Wedge - 3409-

Note

♦

The following describes adjusting the left rear door. Adjusting the right rear door is identical.

♦

The vehicle must be on the ground in order to adjust the door.

♦

The rear door is properly adjusted when there is an overall even gap dimension when closed. It is not too

far inward or outward. And the contours align.

♦

Checking the gap dimensions. Refer to ⇒ Body Repair; Rep. Gr.  00 ; Body Gap Dimensions; Center Body .

♦

Perform corrosion protection measures on the hinges and the bolts after assembling or adjusting.

Gap Dimensions, Adjusting
For a correct gap dimension adjustment, the bolts

-2, 3, 6, and 7- on the B-pillar must be loosened.
– Remove the B-pillar lower trim to access the bolts -3 and 7-.

Refer to ⇒  Body Interior; Rep. Gr.  70 ; Passenger Compart‐

ment Trim; B-Pillar Trim Panel, Removing and Installing .

Flush Dimension Adjustment
The bolts -5 and 9- must be loosened in order to correctly adjust

the flush dimension.
Use the Wrench - Door Adjusting - 3320- with the respective bit

for this.

Note

Other measures, such as aligning the rear door upward, are not effective. Pressure later will cause the rear

door to sag again.

– Adjust the catch. Refer to

⇒ “1.4 Catch, Adjusting”, page 151

 .

Tightening Specifications

1.4

Catch, Adjusting

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Torque Wrench 1331 5-50Nm - VAG1331-
♦ Cylinder Head Bolt Socket - 3410-

Note

♦

The threaded plate -1- of the catch in the pillar is secured differently than before.

♦

The arch outside the threaded plate is welded securely to the pillar. The bars to the threaded plate are

malleable plastic.

♦

More force is needed to move the catch -2- when the bolts -3- are loose.