Adjusting Rear Lid - Volkswagen Jetta 2005 Workshop Manual

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Adjusting rear lid

Note
Vehicle must be standing on the ground to perform the basic
♦
adjustment of the rear lid.
The rear lid lock is bolted directly to the rear lid. It does not
♦
have elongated holes, so it cannot be adjusted.
Adjusting buffers cannot be used to adjust rear lid as they are
♦
in some other vehicles. They have the function of stabilising
and damping the rear lid.
The rear lid adjustment is described step by step below.
Use setting gauge -3371- ⇒ Body Repairs; Rep. Gr. 00 ; Body
dimensions to check or set gap dimensions.
– Remove gas strut ⇒ page 30
– Adjust rear lid on rear lid hinges by loosening bolts
⇒ Item 9 (page 29) .
– Adjust rear lid with rear lid hinges by loosening hexagon nut
⇒ Item 6 (page 29) .
– Adjust adjustment buffer
Note
The rear lid is correctly adjusted if, when closed, it is not sunken
or raised, the gap is uniform all around and the contours align.
2.8.1 Adjusting adjustment buffer
Note
Only the adjustment for the right adjustment buffer is described.
The adjustment for the left adjustment buffer is similar.
– Loosen grub screw -1- until it is visible in rubber buffer.
– Now pull detent slide out of adjustment buffer.
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⇒ page 33 .
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2. Rear lid (saloon)