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Front door, replacement of window glass

Front door, replacement of window glass


To remove


1. Lower the window.

2. Remove the door trim, see Service Manual 8:2 "Interior equipment".

3. Remove the external window seal, secured with clips at the rear.

4. Remove the plastic water barrier.

5. Remove the internal window seal by prying up the rear edge of the seal with a large screwdriver and then pulling it all the way up by hand.

6. Loosen the bottom of the rear guide channel (hanging from the window seal).


7. Raise the window until the window retainer is accessible through the lower opening on the inside of the door.

8. Remove the scissor-lift stay from the window retainer by first releasing the two clips from the locked position (leave the clips on the bush) and then pressing the stay out of the bush while holding the glass.

9. Lift out the glass by angling the rear edge upwards.


To fit



1. Lift the glass into place by angling it forwards and then fitting it into the front guide channel. Angle the glass rearwards and then fit it into the rear guide channel.

2. Transfer the scissor-lift stay bushes to the new glass.

3. Press the scissor-lift stay into position in the window retainer and secure with the clips.

4. Tighten the rear guide channel.

5. Check the position of the glass in the frame and adjust the scissor-lift guide channel as follows:

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• Slacken the adjusting nut (the rearmost of the two guide channel retaining nuts) and raise the window all the way up in the frame.

• Lower the window to about three cm from the closed position.

• Press the glass rearwards in the frame by hand.

• Check that the top edge of the glass is parallel with the frame.

• Tighten the adjusting nut.

6. Fit the internal window seal by pressing it into position by hand.


7. Fit the external window seal.

Note

A rubber mallet may be needed here.


8. Fit the water barrier.

9. Fit the door trim. See Service Manual 8:2 "Interior equipment".