wheel bolts VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2003 Owners Manual

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Tire wear
The original tires on your veh icle have built­
in wear indicators. They are molded into the
bottom of the tread grooves and appear as approximately 1
a triangle
or other symbols) show
the locations of the
wear indicators .
When the indicators appear in
two or more
adjacent
t he tires wear down this far. Worn tires canno t grip the road surfac e
sudden deflation and loss of vehicle control.
hicle may tend to hydroplane
sooner.
Wheel Bolts
The wheel bolts must always be clean and easy to turn when you're
removing or installing them. Never oil or lubricate wheel bolts.
Check the wheel bolts whenever you change a
ginal factory installed equipment
will adversely affect the safe ation of your vehicle and may cau-se an accident and personal injury.
me loose and cause an accident
during vehicle operation! Extremely high torques can dama-ge the wheel bolts and/or their threads.
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Otherwise, in an accident or sudden maneuver
they
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Anti-theft wheel bolts*
Anti-theft
1 - Wheel bolt
2 - Wheel bolt adapter .
B45-329C
(T he adapter is located in the tool kit).
Loosening or tightening a
the adapter 2 all the way over the bolt
1.
Slide the lug wrench from the tool kit onto
the adapter
2 until it stops. The w heel bolt
can now be loosened or tight ened.
A
fter c hanging the wheel, pull the adapter
off the whee l bolt.
We recomme nd you alway s carry th e
a dapt er for th e wheel bolt in the vehicle -
t he best would be in th e to ol
kit.
The code number for the wheel bolt safety devi ce is stamped on the front s ide of the
adapter .
ing the code number .
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