Volkswagen ID.3: Wheels, tyres. axle align. Wheels, tyres

• Assembly overview - wheel
• Removing and installing wheel
• Cleaning contact surfaces on rim
• Positioning anti-theft wheel bolts - steel wheels

Assembly overview - wheel

Assembly overview - wheel

Overview shows one aluminium wheel as an example

1 - Tyres

❏ → Rep. gr.44; Removing and installing wheel

❏ → General information on wheels and tyres; Rep. gr.44; Tyres

❏ → General information on wheels and tyres; Rep. gr.44; Tyre damage and wear

❏ → General information on wheels and tyres; Rep. gr.44; Vibration and reduced driving performance caused by wheels/tyres

❏ → General information on wheels and tyres; Rep. gr.44; Fitting tyres

2 - Tyre pressure sensor

3 - Valve

❏ → General information on wheels and tyres; Rep. gr.44; Fitting tyres; Removing and installing valve

4 - Carrier

❏ Depending on equipment/version

5 - Bolt

❏ Depending on equipment/version

6 - Trim element

❏ Depending on equipment/version

7 - Anti-theft wheel bolt

❏ Depending on equipment/version

❏ → Rep. gr.44; Positioning anti-theft wheel bolts - steel wheels

❏ 120 Nm

8 - Adapter for anti-theft wheel bolt

❏ → General information on wheels and tyres; Rep. gr.44; Wheel bolts/wheel nuts; Master sets for anti-theft wheel bolts

9 - Wheel cap

❏ → General information on wheels and tyres; Rep. gr.44; Fitting tyres; Removing and installing wheel caps for alloy wheels

10 - Wheel bolt

❏ Qty. 4 or 5

❏ → General information on wheels and tyres; Rep. gr.44; Tyre bolts/wheel nuts; versions

❏ 120 Nm

11 - Adhesive balancing weights

❏ → General information on wheels and tyres; Rep. gr.44; Fitting tyres; Balancing wheels

12 - Wheel rim

❏ → General information on wheels and tyres; Rep. gr.44; Wheel rims

❏ → General information on wheels and tyres; Rep. gr.44; Vibration and reduced driving performance caused by wheels/tyres; Check radial and axial run-out on wheel rim

Removing and installing wheel

Removing and installing wheel

Removing

Vehicles with wheel trim

– Remove wheel trim.

All vehicles (continued)

Models with wheel bolt cap

– Detach wheel bolt cap.

All vehicles (continued)

Models with anti-theft wheel bolt

– Detach anti-theft wheel bolt.

All vehicles (continued)

– Loosen wheel bolts -arrows-.

– Raise vehicle.

– Unscrew bolts -arrows-, and remove wheel.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:

– → Rep. gr.44; Clean contact surfaces of rim.

Vehicles with steel wheels

– → Rep. gr.44; Positioning anti-theft wheel bolts for steel wheels.

All vehicles (continued)

Tightening torques

♦ → Rep. gr.44; Assembly overview - wheel

Cleaning contact surfaces on rim

Cleaning contact surfaces on rim

Important

● Wheel bolts and wheels may come loose due to corrosion, dirt and lubricant; affected parts and sections must be cleaned.

– Clean contact surfaces -arrows- on brake disc.

– Clean contact surface -arrow- on centring seat of wheel hub.

– Clean contact surface -arrow- on inside of rim and centring seat.

– Clean seats in holes for wheel bolts and threads of wheel bolts.

– Apply a thin coat of assembly paste to ends of wheel bolt threads → Electronic parts catalogue.

– Apply wax in vicinity of centring ring -arrow- using a brush.

Positioning anti-theft wheel bolts - steel wheels

Positioning anti-theft wheel bolts - steel wheels

Steel wheels with four holes

Screw anti-theft wheel bolt -arrow- into hole farthest away from valve -1-.

Steel wheels with five holes

Screw anti-theft wheel bolt into hole to right or left -arrows- of valve -1-.

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