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Front Door Window Glass Weatherstrip: Service and Repair






51 21 ... Removing Weather Strip With Special Tool 00 9 324 At Front Or Rear







Special tools required:
- 00 9 318
- 00 9 324







Open side window completely.

Front door:
Insert special tool 00 9 324 at front (at A-pillar) in window cavity (1) (TOP label pointing upwards).

Rear door:
Insert special tool 00 9 324 at rear (at C-pillar) in window cavity (2) (TOP label pointing upwards).

NOTE: For purposes of clarity, graphic shows inner door panel and side window removed.







Special tool 00 9 324 must be correctly guided under weather strip (1).
2 Short leg, bottom
3 Long leg, top (TOP)







NOTE: Start at the front or rear, depending on the model.

IMPORTANT:
- Risk of damage.
- Raise weather strip (3) no more than 5 mm in each levering operation, otherwise the strip will be bent.

Position special tool 00 9 318 on door trim panel (1).
Slide suitable tool (2) through hole of special tool 00 9 324 and in this way lever weather strip (3) in an upward direction by max. 5 mm.
Guide special tools 00 9 324 and 00 9 318 forward and backward step by step until weather strip (3) is fully removed.