Rear Lid Hinge
Rear Lid Hinge
1 Rear lid
2 Rear lid hinge
• The rear lid motor 1 (V444) , on the left side, must be removed first, depending on the equipment level. Refer to => [ Rear Lid Motor Assembly Overview ] Rear Lid Motor Assembly Overview.
• Removing
- Remove the nuts on the rear lid.
- Remove the screws over the rear shelf and the hinge.
• Installing:
- Insert the hinge under the rear shelf and secure it lightly using the bolts.
- Slide the hinge in just far enough until it can be secured in the holes with two 7.5 mm drill bits.
- Tighten the hinge bolts - 3 - to the tightening specification.
- Position the lid on the hinge and secure it using the nuts.
- Engage the spring and the gas-filled strut.
- Close the lid carefully.
- Align the lid sideways and lengthwise.
- Tighten the nuts on the rear lid and the bolts on the body side.
3 Bolt
• 34 Nm
4 Nut
• 34 Nm
Rear lid hinge securing hole
- Install the hinge and secure it in the two 7.5 mm securing holes - arrows -.
- Install the hinge bolts and tighten them.
Lid Hinge Cable Guide, Removing
1 Cable guide
- Remove the expanding clip.
- Unclip the retaining tabs - arrows - and remove the cable guide from the lid hinge.
2 Rear lid
3 Hinge
4 Electric wire
5 Expanding clip
Gas-Filled Strut, Removing and Installing
1 Gas strut
- Remove the side trim panel.
- Lift the spring - arrows - with a small screwdriver and remove the gas-filled strut from the ball pin.
- The gas-filled strut tube must be engaged on the hinge side.
- Install the gas-filled strut at an angle, with the spring tube mounted on the ball pin, and then clip it in while slightly turning it at the same time.
- Install the gas-filled strut at an angle, with the ball socket attached to the ball pin, and then clip it in while slightly turning it at the same time.
2 Ball stud
• No replacement part
3 Side panel
4 Internally threaded pop rivet
5 Ball stud
• 23 Nm
Gas-Filled Strut, Disengaging
- Lift the retaining springs - arrow - on the gas-filled strut - 1 - slightly using a small screwdriver and remove it from the ball stud - 2 -.
Gas-Filled Strut, Releasing Gas
- Clamp gas-filled strut in a vise in area - x - = 50 mm (2 in.).
• Clamp only within this area, otherwise accident could occur!
• Wear protective eye wear when sawing.
• Cover area of sawn portion with a rag to absorb oil spraying out.
- Cut open cylinder of gas strut within first third of cylinder overall length, using piston rod end of cylinder as a reference point.
Spring engaging points
1 Spring bracket
• No replacement part
2 Spring
• Engaging:
The side trim panel is removed.
- With the lid closed, engage the spring first on the hinge side and then on the body side.
- Install the spring to the bolt and to the bracket so that the rounded end faces up. This applies to both sides of the vehicle.
• Pay attention to the attachment point on the body
3 Gas strut
4 Rear lid motor 1 (V444)
5 Hinge
Installing the attachment piece for the spring
- Push the attachment piece - 2 - onto the spring - 1 - so that 5 coils - a - remain on the bracket - 3 -.
Attaching points
- Attaching point - C - for manual rear lid opening.
- Attaching point - A - for power rear lid