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Outer Window Shaft Strip






Outer Window Shaft Strip

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Disassembly Tool (T40219)

Removing

- Remove the exterior mirror. Refer to => [ Exterior Mirror Vehicles Built through 05.09 Overview ] Exterior Mirror Vehicles Built Through 05.09 Overview.

- Open the door window completely.

- Before the window shaft strip - 1 - can be removed, first disconnect it from the door hooks (quantity: 5) - arrows - - 2 -.






- Insert the (T40219) between the door window and the window shaft strip near the B-pillar.






- Slide the (T40219) forward on the B-pillar starting at the specified dimensions up to the first catch and release the window shaft strip on the side in direction of - arrow -.






- Move the (T40219) to the next catch and release the window shaft strip.

The measurements refer from the end of the window shaft strip to the B-pillar.

Dimension - a - = 40 mm

Dimension - b - = 260 mm

Dimension - c - = 500 mm

Dimension - d - = 740 mm

Dimension - e - = 960 mm

- Release the window shaft strip - 2 - completely in steps and then pull it upward off the door flange - 1 -.






Installing

Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

Do not pry open the hooks on the outer door panel, if necessary they must be bent back into their original shape.

- Beginning at the A-pillar, press the window shaft strip completely into the retaining hooks in the door.

- Install exterior mirror. Refer to => [ Exterior Mirror, Vehicles Built through 05.09 ] Exterior Mirror, Vehicles Built Through 05.09.