Removing and Installing Side Window Seal

Removing And Installing Side Window Seal

Preliminary work

1. Remove side window. Refer to Removing and installing side window.
2. Remove rubber seal for door in area of roof. Refer to Removing and installing rubber seal for door.
3. Unscrew deflector for rear three-point belt. Refer to Removing and installing rear three-point belt.

Removing side window seal

1. Pull side window seal off the rim of the side window section.







Loosening sound absorber

1. Unscrew fixing clip -1- (-Arrow A-) and remove sound absorber -2- (-Arrow B-).







2. Carefully loosen the sound absorber -1- and fold it down -Arrow A-.







3. Remove sound absorber -2- from the side panel -Arrow B-.
4. Carefully loosen seal for side panel -1- and fold it down.







Removing seal for roof frame

INFORMATION: During drilling, get a second person to clean up the rivets and rivet swarf in the interior of the side panel using a vacuum cleaner.

1. Drill out rivets -2- from the integrated sheetmetal strip of the seal for the roof frame -1- using a 4.1 mm drill bit.







Remove seal for roof frame -1-.

2. Clean out the complete interior of the side section with a vacuum cleaner.







Installing side window seal

Installing seal for roof frame

1. Position seal for roof frame -1- on the centring hole and rivet down with the rivet -2-. Rivet roof area using rivets -2- (4.0 x 7.9).







2. Rivet down seal for roof frame -1- in side section area using rivets -3- (4.0 x 6.3).

Securing sound absorber

1. Check side panel seal -1- for damage and replace it if necessary. Stick side panel seal on using commercially available adhesive.







2. Fit sound absorber -2- into the side panel -Arrow A-.







3. Check sound absorber -1- for damage and replace it if necessary. Stick sound absorber on using commercially available adhesive -Arrow B-.
4. Position sound absorber -2- on the side panel -Arrow A- and screw in fixing clip -1- (-Arrow B-).







Installing side window seal

1. Fit side window seal to the rim of the side window section by hand.







Subsequent work

1. Fasten deflector for rear three-point belt. Refer to Removing and installing rear three-point belt.
2. Install side window. Refer to Removing and installing side window.
3. Fit rubber seal for door. Refer to Removing and installing rubber seal for door.