Volkswagen Golf Mk7 Service & Repair Manual: Vibration due to wheels/tyres - causes and rectification
This section covers diagnosing Volkswagen Golf Mk7 vibration from wheels or tyres: root causes, the road test to run before balancing, wheel balancing conditions and methods, and the vibration control system.
- Causes of vibration
- Conducting a road test before balancing wheels
- Balancing wheel, conditions
- Balancing wheel, balancing wheel on stationary wheel balancer
- Balancing wheel, balancing wheel with finish balancer
- Vibration control system
- Checking radial and lateral runout of wheels and tyres, tolerances
- Checking radial and lateral runout on wheels and tyres with tyre gauge
- Checking radial and lateral run-out on wheel rim
- Matching wheels and tyres
- Determining flat spots on tyres
Questions & answers
Vibration due to wheels/tyres - causes and rectification — Volkswagen Golf Mk7
What does the Golf Mk7 vibration diagnosis chapter cover?
Causes of vibration, road-test procedure, wheel balancing (stationary and finish balancer), vibration control, radial/lateral runout checks, wheel/tyre matching and flat-spot detection.
