Volkswagen 1993 Golf Instruction Manual page 120

DO-lT-YOURSELF
• After loosening remove wheel bolts
using box spanner in screwdriver handle,
place them on a clean surface (hub cap,
cloth, paper) next to the jack and take the
wheel off.
• Fit spare w heel and lightly tighten all
bolts using box spanner in screwdriver
handle. The wheel bolts must be clean and
easy to turn - do not under any circum­
stances use grease or oill
• Lower vehicle and fully tighten bolts in
diagonal sequence.
With the extendible handle wheel
spanner* the wheel spanner must
not be used to tighten wheel bolts
with handle pulled out!
• On vehicles w ith normal spare, fit the
wheel trim again.
• Place defective wheel in we ll and secure
with w ing nut.
Notes
• When using the temporary spare wheel
or a spare wheel wh ich differs from those
on the vehicle, the points on pages 107 and
114 must be noted
I
• Pay attention to the following after
changing a wheel:
- Check the tyre pressure immediatel y on
the spare wheel which has been fitted .
- Have the tightening torque of the wheel
bolts checked with a torque wrench as
soon as possible. The torque for steel
and alloy wheels, and for the temporary
wheel is 110 Nm .
If it has been established when changing
the wheel that wheel bolts are corroded and
hard to screw in, they must be renewed be­
fore checking the tightening torque .
Until these checks have been carried out
one should, for safety reasons, only drive at
a moderate speed.
• The defective wheel must be repaired as
soon as poss ible and, on vehicles with tem­
porary spare wheel, put back on vehicle im­
mediately. The wheel trim cover must also
be installed.
Attention
If the vehicle is to be subse­
quently fitted with wheels or
tyres which differ from those
fitted by the factory. it is essen­
tial to read the remarks in the
centre and right-hand columns
on page 108.
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