Rear Door Window Glass Weatherstrip: Service and Repair

WM 647619 Removing and installing side window seal

Preliminary work

1. Remove side window. -> 647519 Removing and installing side window - section on "removing" Service and Repair
2. Remove rubber seal for door in area of roof. -> 576319 Removing and installing rubber seal for door - section on "Removing" 576319 Removing and Installing Rubber Seal for Door
3. Unscrew deflector for rear three-point belt. -> 691219 Removing and installing rear three-point belt - section on "Removing"

Removing side window seal

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





Removing side window seal

Loosening sound absorber

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





Removing sound absorber

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





Removing sound absorber

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





Loosening seal

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.





Removing seal for roof frame

Remove seal for roof frame -1-.
2. Clean out the complete interior of the side section with a vacuum cleaner.





Vacuuming out the interior of the side section

Installing side window seal

Installing seal for roof frame

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





Installing seal for roof frame

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.





Sticking in the seal

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





Installing sound absorber

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 sound absorber

Installing side window seal

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





Installing side window seal

Subsequent work

1. Fasten deflector for rear three-point belt. -> 691219 Removing and installing rear three-point belt - section on "Installing"
2. Install side window. -> 647519 Removing and installing side window - section on "installing" Service and Repair
3. Fit rubber seal for door. -> 576319 Removing and installing rubber seal for door - section on "Installing" 576319 Removing and Installing Rubber Seal for Door