VW Golf Running Gear, Axles & Steering Workshop Manual PDF (Edition 07.2017)

Dive into the definitive guide for your VW Golf’s running gear, axles, and steering systems. This official 2018 workshop manual PDF offers:

• Technical Data & Capacities: full specs for suspension, steering, and drive shafts

• Safety Information: start/stop, high-voltage, and subframe precautions

• Repair Notes: shock absorber diagnosis, steering rack care, gasket and seal guidance

• Front & Rear Suspension: complete removal, installation, and repair procedures

• Self-Leveling Suspension: damping system calibration and level sender service

• Wheels & Geometry: alignment procedures, tyre fitment, camera and cruise control calibration

• Steering Components: wheel, column, rack repairs, and sensor replacements

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Table of Contents

Technical data

Safety information

• Safety measures when working on vehicles with a start/stop system
• Safety precautions when working on high-voltage system
• Safety precautions when working in vicinity of high-voltage components
• Safety precautions when working on subframe

Repair notes

• Leaks at shock absorbers
• Noises from shock absorbers
• Checking shock absorbers when removed
• Steering rack
• Gaskets and seals
• Nuts and bolts
• Electrical components
• Raising suspension to unladen position (vehicles with coil springs)

Front suspension

• Front axle
  • Overview of fitting locations – front axle
• Subframe
  • Assembly overview – subframe
  • Removing and installing subframe without steering rack
  • Removing and installing subframe with steering rack
  • Repairing subframe
  • Removing and installing anti-roll bar
  • Removing and installing coupling rod
  • Repairing thread in longitudinal member
  • Fixing position of subframe
  • Lowering subframe
• Suspension strut, upper suspension link
  • Assembly overview – suspension strut, upper suspension link
  • Removing and installing suspension strut
  • Repairing suspension strut
• Lower suspension link, swivel joint
  • Assembly overview – lower suspension link, swivel joint
  • Removing and installing lower suspension link
  • Checking swivel joint
  • Removing and installing swivel joint
  • Renewing bonded rubber bush for lower suspension link
• Wheel bearing
  • Assembly overview – wheel bearing
  • Removing and installing wheel bearing housing
  • Removing and installing wheel bearing unit

Drive shaft

• Overview – drive shaft
• Assembly overview – drive shaft
• Removing and installing drive shaft
• Dismantling and assembling drive shaft
• Loosening and tightening threaded connections of drive shaft
• Removing and installing drive shaft heat shield
• Checking outer constant velocity joint
• Checking inner constant velocity joint

Rear suspension

• Rear axle
  • Overview – rear axle
  • Lowering rear axle
  • Removing and installing rear axle
  • Removing and installing shield for rear axle
• Axle beam
  • Assembly overview – axle beam
  • Renewing bonded rubber bush for axle beam
• Subframe
  • Assembly overview – subframe
  • Assembly overview – add-on parts for subframe
  • Fixing position of subframe
  • Repairing subframe
• Anti-roll bar
  • Assembly overview – anti-roll bar
  • Removing and installing anti-roll bar
  • Removing and installing coupling rod
• Suspension link, track rod
  • Assembly overview – transverse link
  • Assembly overview – track rod
  • Removing and installing upper transverse link
  • Removing and installing lower transverse link
  • Removing and installing track rod
• Suspension strut, shock absorber, spring
  • Assembly overview – suspension strut, shock absorber, spring
  • Removing and installing shock absorbers
  • Repairing shock absorber
  • Removing and installing spring
• Wheel bearing assembly, trailing arm
  • Assembly overview – wheel bearing
  • Assembly overview – trailing arm
  • Removing and installing wheel bearing housing
  • Removing and installing wheel bearing unit
  • Renewing bonded rubber bush for wheel bearing housing
  • Removing and installing trailing arm with mounting bracket
  • Repairing trailing arm

Self-levelling suspension

• Electronically controlled damping system
  • Assembly overview – electronically controlled damping system
  • Removing and installing electronically controlled damping control unit
• Vehicle level sender
  • Assembly overview – front vehicle level senders
  • Assembly overview – rear vehicle level senders
  • Removing and installing front vehicle level senders
  • Removing and installing rear vehicle level senders

Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry

• Wheel alignment
  • Notes for wheel alignment
  • Conditions for testing
  • Test preparations
  • Specifications for wheel alignment
  • Setting vehicle to initial position for wheel alignment
  • Wheel alignment procedure
  • Necessity of wheel alignment
  • Adjusting camber at front wheels
  • Adjusting camber on rear axle
  • Adjusting toe at rear axle
  • Adjusting front axle toe
  • Wheel runout compensation
  • Vehicle data sticker
  • Checking maximum wheel lock
• Adaptive cruise control
  • Calibrating adaptive cruise control
• Front camera for assist systems
  • Calibrating front camera for driver assist systems

Steering

• Steering wheel
  • Assembly overview – steering wheel
  • Removing and installing steering wheel
• Steering column
  • Assembly overview – steering column
  • Checking steering column for damage
  • Handling and transporting steering column
  • Removing and installing steering column
  • Removing and installing control unit for electronic steering column lock
• Steering rack
  • Assembly overview – steering rack
  • Removing and installing steering rack
  • Removing and installing bellows
  • Removing and installing track rod
  • Removing and installing track rod ball joint
  • Repairing steering rack
• Sensors
  • Removing and installing steering angle sender