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Rear drive shafts, servicing  
Reworking cap nut in side member (four wheel drive vehicles)  
Suspension strut, disassembling and assembling (four wheel drive 
vehicles)  
Wheel bearings, servicing - disc brakes (four wheel drive vehicles)  
44 - Wheels, Tires, Wheel alignment  
Vehicle alignment  
Test requirements:  
Vehicle alignment specifications (front wheel drive vehicles)  
Vehicle alignment specifications (four wheel drive vehicles)  
Front wheel camber, adjusting  
Calculating the direction of travel:  
45 - Anti-lock brake system  
Anti-locking Brake System (ABS) and Anti-locking Brake System with 
Electronic Differential Lock (ABS/EDL) Teves 04  
Notes for repair work on ABS, ABS/EDL  
Control module, removing and installing  
Wheel speed sensor and rotor for speed sensor, removing and installing  
Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) and ABS with Electronic Differential Lock 
(ABS/EDL), Teves 20 GI  
Safety precautions  
ABS, ABS/EDL hydraulic unit, vacuum brake booster and brake master 
cylinder (Teves 20 GI), servicing  
ABS hydraulic unit and ABS control module (Teves 20 GI), removing and 
installing  
Brake hydraulic system, bleeding and filling  
Assembly overview - hydraulic unit, brake servo/brake master cylinder  
Hydraulic unit, removing and installing  
Brake Pedal Position Sensor, removing and installing  
46 - Brakes - Mechanical components  
Front brakes, servicing (Girling caliper)  
Brake pads, removing and installing  
   
     
        
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Brake pads, removing and installing  
Rear wheel brakes, servicing (drum brakes)  
Brake shoe adjustment, releasing  
Rear wheel brakes, servicing  
Brake shoes, removing and installing  
Parking brake, adjusting (drum brakes)  
Rear wheel brakes, servicing (disc brakes)  
Girling rear wheel disc brakes (front and four wheel drive vehicles)  
Brake pads, removing and installing  
Parking brake, adjusting (disc brakes)  
Parking brake lever assembly overview  
Brake pedal/brake servo, removing and installing  
Brake pedal, removing and installing  
Brake Light Switch, adjusting  
47 - Brakes - Hydraulic components  
Assembly overview: brake master cylinder/brake servo  
Girling front brake caliper, servicing  
Front brake caliper pistons, removing and installing  
Front brake caliper, servicing (Teves/Ate)  
Rear brake caliper, servicing  
Rear brake caliper piston, removing and installing  
Pre-bleeding brake caliper  
Brake pressure regulator, checking and adjusting  
Vehicles without ABS, vehicles with ABS, ABS/EDS, Teves 04  
Load dependent brake pressure regulator specifications  
Adjusting regulator  
Brake system, bleeding  
Brake system, bleeding (vehicles with and without ABS, ABS/EDL)  
Brake system, bleeding (with pressure bleeder VAS 5234)  
Brake system, bleeding (without pressure bleeder)  
 
   
     
        
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Sedan/Wagon  
Output  kW (hp)  55 (75)  
Brake master cylinder  mm dia.  22.2 (Vehicles with ABS: 23.81)  
Brake servo  dia. in inches  10  
Front brake caliper, piston diameter  mm  54  
Front brake disc  mm dia.  256  
Front brake disc, thickness  mm  13  
Pad thickness  mm  14  
Rear brake drum  mm dia.  230  
Wheel cylinder  mm dia.  20.64  
Lining thickness  mm  5  
Lining width  mm  40  Page 3 of 8Suspension, Wheels, Brakes, Steering12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.00.1  
     
        
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6 - Speed sensor rotor  Only on vehicles with 
ABS 
7 - Hex bolt, 10 Nm (7 ft lb) 8 - Splash plate 
9 - Circlip  Ensure correctly 
seated 
10 - Wheel bearing  Pressing out  Fig. 6  Replace, as it is 
destroyed during 
pressing out  Pressing in  Fig. 7 11 - Self-locking hex nut, 35 Nm (26 ft lb) 
12 - Wheel bearing housing 13 - Self-locking hex nut, 50 Nm (37 ft lb) 
14 - Hex bolt  Clamping bolt for ball 
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Front suspension strut, 
servicing (Base and Plus 
suspension)  
1 - Shock absorber  Can be replaced 
individually  Check shock absorber 
for leaks and noises  After replacing, adjust 
camber and toe  
Page 44-1 2 - Buffer stop 
3 - Protective sleeve Page 23 of 82Front Wheel Suspension, Shafts and Axle12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.40.1  
     
        
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5 - Brake caliper  Do not loosen brake 
hose when working on 
front suspension  Hang up with wire or 
similar  Replacing brake pads 
 Page 46-6 6 - Countersunk screw 
7 - Hub  Pressing out  Fig. 2  Pressing in  Fig. 6  Pulling off inner race 
 Fig. 3 8 - Speed sensor rotor  Only for vehicles with 
ABS 
9 - Hex bolt, 10 Nm (7 ft lb) 10 - Splash plate Page 37 of 82Front Wheel Suspension, Shafts and Axle12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.40.1  
     
        
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7 - Suspension strut 
bearing  Always replace foam 
gasket  Welded nuts must be 
located in the spring 
seat recesses  Align welded nuts and 
cap to shock absorber 
lower bushing  Fig. 3 8 - Spacer tube 
9 - Lower rubber 
mounting 
10 - Metal cap  Higher on Wagon than 
Sedan 
11 - Washer 
12 - Spring seat  Thinner on Wagon 
than Sedan  Installation position  
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20 - Shock absorber  Can be replaced 
individually  Removing and 
installing  Page 42-4  Application see Parts 
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