Convertible Top Gear Box: Adjustments

WM 617216 Adjusting convertible top gear as of production date 02.02.2006

Technical values





Document validity as of vehicle identification number

Information

Technical modifications to the convertible top gears and levers were incorporated into production on 02.02.2006. This document applies as of vehicle identification number

- WP0CB29816U731341

- WP0ZZZ98Z6U722146

- WP0CA29826U712008

- WP0ZZZ98Z6U702823

Information

Only the two convertible top gears, levers, studs, the shouldered bolt and the rear control unit can be retrofitted in vehicles manufactured before 02.02.2006.

Preliminary work





Installation position of convertible top gear

1. Move convertible top to service position
1.1. Convertible top in service position: Open convertible top approx. 40 cm away from the windscreen frame. Pull Velcro fastener on retaining strap off the tension bow and secure on the front of the centring journal. -> 6101IN IN -Convertible top in service position Procedures
2. Carefully press the ball socket -1- at the left and right with a screwdriver while keeping it tight to the ball head -3- on the convertible top support.





Pressing out the push rod

3. Press left and right push bar springs 8 out of the ball head of the lever.





Pressing out push rod springs

Adjusting convertible top gears - as of production date 02.02.2006

1. Unscrew the fastening screw -1- on the lever -2-. Remove friction washer -3- and lever -2- from the convertible top gears -4-.





Removing lever

2. Unclip clip -6- from the flexible shaft -5- and remove the shaft from the drive motor -7-.





Disengaging flexible shaft

3. Insert the flexible shaft of the convertible top gear to be adjusted -4- into the drive motor and use the rocker switch in the vehicle to adjust the marking notch on the shaft -Arrow- so that it is parallel with the marking notch on the convertible top gear -Arrow-. (Adjust convertible top gear synchronously at the left and right).





Adjusting convertible top gear to the marking

4. Position friction washer -3- and lever -2- on the convertible top gear -4- and secure with the fastening screw -1- (micro-self-locking).
After loosening the fastening screw -1- , it must be replaced or secured fairly tightly with Loctite 243.

=> M12: 80 Nm (59 ftlb.)





Fitting friction washer and lever

5. Insert the flexible shaft -5- into the drive motor -4- and secure with the clip -6-.





Inserting flexible shaft

Subsequent work

-> 610115 Adjusting Cabriolet convertible top Adjustments