1.3 Removing gas strut
– Open and support bonnet.
– Insert a small screwdriver beneath spring clip -2-.
– Raise spring clip -2- until it can be moved over ball socket in
direction of -arrow-.
– Pull gas strut -1- off ball-head pins -3- and -4-.
After removing gas strut -1-,
slide spring clip -2- back immediately.
WARNING
Proceed with care if gas strut is reused. Do not lever spring clip
completely out of ball socket, as it will otherwise be damaged.
Gas strut will spring out of mounting, causing damage or injury
to operator.
Note
Ball-head pins -3- and -4- are integral part of bonnet and vehicle
body.
– Releasing gas from gas strut
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1.4 Releasing gas from gas strut
– Clamp gas strut in vice in area x = 50 mm.
WARNING
Clamp gas strut only within area -x-; otherwise danger of ac‐
cident!
– Saw
through cylinder of gas strut within first third of cylinder's
overall length using piston rod end of cylinder as reference
point.
Note
♦
Wear protective goggles when sawing.
♦
Cover area of saw cut with a cloth.
♦
Feed oil and cleaning clothes into existing method of disposal.
1.5 Assembly overview - bonnet hinge
Note
The right side is shown. The left side is similar.
Passat 2011 ➤ , Passat Variant 2011 ➤
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