Door Component Carrier
Door Component Carrier, Adjusting
NOTE: The door must be properly adjusted.
- Set bolts - 3 - so door component carrier - 1 - can just be moved (bolt on adjustment plate - 4 - may be engaged but not tightened).
- Seat second technician in vehicle.
- Close door.
- From inside, second technician pushes door component carrier against roof and A-pillar.
The carrier must be pushed slightly further than desired to make allowance for restoring force of rubber seal.
- First technician checks door component carrier from outside vehicle for proper positioning.
- Adjustment plate - 4 - must then be pushed upward until it makes contact with surface of door - 2 - and door component carrier - 1 -.
CAUTION: Adjustment plate - 4 - must always be installed.
- To adjust tilt of door around B-pillar, shift adjusting plate - 4 -.
If the rear portion of the door (e.g. at the bottom) sticks out too much, the adjusting plate must be shifted upward. This will tilt the bottom of the door toward the car interior and the top of the door outward.
- Carefully open door and tighten bolt - 3 -.
Tightening torque: 30 Nm (22 ft.lb)
- Close door and examine adjustment of door component carrier.
- If the positioning of the door component carrier is incorrect, procedure must be repeated.
Correct positioning of door component carrier
- Outer seal lip - 3 - must be flush with A-pillar and roof trim molding -2.
- Gap between lower edge of roof trim molding - 2 - and lower edge of seal - 3 - is 18.3 mm (measurement - a -).
Window - 4 - submerges as deep as measurement - b - (5 mm) into the seal for door component carrier - 3 -.