Volkswagen Polo Service & Repair Manual: Cross-Section of a Radial Ply Tire
| Consists of steel wires vulcanized into rubber |
| Make sure secure seating of the tire on the rim |
| 8 - |
Wheel Flange Protection |
| Protects the rim and tire from abrasion due to, for example, contact
with the curb. |
| Tires with flange protection are designated by the abbreviation MFS. |
| The nylon ply -4-, belts
-5-, bead cores
-6- and bead reinforcements
-7- make up the carcass. The
carcass is the “load-bearing structure” of the tire. |
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Run-Flat Tires, Dismounting and Mounting. Refer to
→ Chapter „Tires, Mounting“.
A Tire Pressure Monitoring Display is Necessary When Us ...
Other materials:
Tread depth and wear indicators
Fig. 147 Tyre tread: wear indicators
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warningsTread depth
Difficult driving situations demand the deepest possible tread depth for the
tyres and the same tread depth for the tyres on the front and rear axles. This applies
in pa ...
General Information
A new repair concept has been developed for repairing washer
system hoses. Various individual hose connectors, adapters,
Ethylene Propylene Diene Methylene (EPDM) rubber hoses and
shrink tubing will be offered as replacement parts.
...
Technical Requirements
Factory-Installed Trailer Hitch
If the vehicle was already delivered from the factory with a
trailer hitch, all of the technical and legal requirements for
towing a trailer have already been taken into account.
Note that a »13-pin« trailer ...
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