Convertible Top: Adjustments
WM 610115 Adjusting convertible top
Technical values
Adjusting convertible top
Preliminary work
Information
- On vehicles that have been used for a long time with open convertible top or with hardtop, it may be the case that the engaging of the locking hook must be aided by pulling the convertible top towards the windscreen with one of the finger plates in the convertible top frame. The folded convertible-top covering must first stretch again.
- The requirement for adjusting the Cabriolet convertible top is that the lid for the convertible top compartment must be adjusted.
- The requirement for adjusting the Cabriolet convertible top is that the roll-over bar must be calibrated.
- The requirement for adjusting the Cabriolet convertible top is that the convertible top gears must be adjusted.
Adjustment facility on push rods of convertible top gear
Installation position for push rod
1. Convertible top in service position -> 6101IN Convertible-top service position Procedures
2. Press left and right push rod springs -8- out of the lever.
Pressing out push rod springs
Information
- Prior damage to ball socket
Always press ball socket out tightly on the ball head.
Always press ball head in centered on the ball socket.
Carefully press push rod -6- out of the convertible top support at the left and right with a screwdriver while keeping it tight to the ball head -3-. Swivel convertible top forward until the centring journals fit into the convertible-top mount. Lock convertible top.
Pressing out the push rod
3. Loosen fastening screw -2-. Screw ball socket -1- of push rod in carefully as far as it will go. Unscrew ball socket -1- until it is flush with the ball head -3-.
Adjusting push rods on the convertible top drives
Information
- Prior damage to ball socket
Always press ball socket out tightly on the ball head.
Always press ball head in centered on the ball socket.
4. Press ball socket of push rod -6- into the ball head -3- of the convertible top support.
Pressing in push rods
5. Loosen the fastening screw -2-.
Push rod pressed in on convertible top support.
To adjust the push rod -4- , the lever -5- fitted with the push rod element -4a- must be pulled as far as possible - in the direction shown -Arrow- - in the slot into the elastomer buffer. Secure at this position. Tighten the fastening screw -2-. => Tightening torque: 23 Nm (17 ftlb.)
Tightening fastening screw
6. Fit push rod springs 8 on the left and right.
Pressing in push rod springs
Adjusting tension ropes on the hood frame
Installation position of tension rope
1. Position tension rope -1- on roll-over bar -2- and insert retaining pin -3- in -direction of arrow A-. Swivel clamp -4- in -direction of arrow B- and press it in on the tension rope.
Installing tension rope on hood frame
2. Loosen hexagon nuts -1 and 2- and adjust the contact pressure between the tension bow seal and the hood compartment lid by screwing the adjustment hexagon -3- in and out.
Counter the hexagon nut -1- for the adjusting hexagon -3- and counter the hexagon nut -2- for the mount -4-.
Adjust the contact pressure in such a way that a 0.5-mm bank card can be pulled between the tension bow seal and the sealing strip on the hood compartment lid on all sides.
Adjusting tension ropes on hood frame
3. Close the hood completely and check the tension on the tension ropes manually through the cabin.
The tension ropes must be fully tensioned. Tighten them again if necessary.