Rear suspension (Gol and Voyage) - assembly overview — VW
Rear suspension (Gol and Voyage) - assembly overview on VW: factory workshop procedure. Full factory text, tools and checks.
Workshop procedure for VW — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.
📋 Procedure
ℹ️ Torque figures below come verbatim from workshop data — always cross-check against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening.
Rear suspension (Gol and Voyage) - assembly overview
WARNING
Always replace self-locking nuts and bolts subject to angular torque
Soldering and straightening operations are not permitted on the suspension supporting components or on those components in which the wheels are mounted
Always replace corroded or rusted screws/nuts
Note
When replacing components with metal and rubber supports, or when bolts/nuts have been removed from such components, you must lift the unloaded axle before tightening (see the separate procedure).
Coil spring
Correspondence
Electronic Part Catalog.
Remove and install (see the separate procedure)
Bellows pawn/stop protector
Boot
Protecting cap
Hexagonal nut
21 ± 3 Nm
Shock absorber supporting plate
Upper pad
Spring supporting plate
Thrust washer
Stop housing body
Stop
Thrust washer
Hexagonal nut
Before tightening, adjust the roller bearing gaps
Sprocket
Wheel hub protection replace after each removal
Cotter pin replace after each removal
Rear wheel external roller bearing
Adjust (see the separate procedure)
Remove and install (see the separate procedure)
Brake drum
Remove and install (repair group 46: Brakes - mechanical systems)
Rear wheel internal roller bearing
Adjust (see the separate procedure)
Remove and install (see the separate procedure)
Rear wheel internal roller bearing seal replace after each removal
Calliper body with brake shoes
Remove and install (repair group 46: Brakes - mechanical systems)
Hexagonal head screw
45 - 50 Nm + 90° replace after each removal
Splitted metal-rubber bearing
Remove and install (see the separate procedure)
Rear axle
Axle beam - remove and install (see the separate procedure).
Rear suspension - remove and install (see the separate procedure)
Shaft end
Straightening operations are not permitted
Recutting the thread is not permitted
Check (see the separate procedure)
Hexagonal nut
Self-locking replace after each removal
Hexagonal head bolts
30 ± 5 Nm + 90° ± 15° or 75 ± 11 Nm replace after each removal
Washers
Hexagonal nut
Self-locking
100 ± 10 Nm replace after each removal
Rear axle support
Hexagonal head screw
Allowed to invert the bolt's position according to assembly need
Hexagonal head screw
50 + 5 Nm
Shock absorber
Correspondence
Electronic Parts Catalogue.
Remove and install (see the separate procedure)
WARNING
Only shock absorbers of the same brand
“Supplier” can be mounted in the same vehicle.
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