Removing And Installing Gas Strut - Volkswagen Jetta 2005 Workshop Manual

– Install bolts -3-.
– Guide electrical wiring -5- through opening in rear lid and se‐
cure bellows -1-.
– Adjust rear lid ⇒ page 44
que: 10 Nm.
– Install gas strut -4-.
– Install rear lid trim ⇒ General body repairs, interior; Rep. Gr.
70 ; Rear lid trim .
– Install rear lid window frame trim ⇒ General body repairs, in‐
terior; Rep. Gr. 70 ; Rear lid trim .
– Check adjustment of rear lid
3.4

Removing and installing gas strut

– Open rear lid and support it.
– Position a small screwdriver beneath spring clip -2-.
– Raise spring clip -2- until it can be moved over ball socket in
direction of -arrow-.
– Pull gas strut -1- off ball-head pins -3- and -4-.
After removing gas strut -1-, slide spring clip -2- back immediately.
WARNING
Proceed with care if gas strut is reused. Spring clip must not
be levered completely out of ball socket, as it will otherwise be
damaged. Gas strut will spring out of mounting, causing dam‐
age or injury to operator.
Note
Ball sockets -3- and -4- are screwed into rear lid or body, specified
torque: 20 Nm.
– Releasing gas from gas strut
and tighten bolts -3-, specified tor‐
⇒ page 44 .
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3. Rear lid (Variant)