Rear Door: Adjustments

Adjusting Rear Door

Tools







Technical values







Technical values

INFORMATION:
- Set gap dimensions on the lids, doors and covers, or accessories in accordance with the gap specifications.
- Given a clearance in the openings that is too great or too small, the movable body parts or the accessories must be centred accordingly.
- Ensure that the gaps do not run in a wedge-shaped fashion or do not narrow at local points.
- You can use star gauges for body gap dimensions NR.127-1 for this.
- The given values are guidelines which should be observed as far as possible.
- The guidelines apply to repair and assembly work.

Gap dimensions of rear door








































Adjusting rear door













WARNING: Expansion screws are used to fasten the hinge mountings.
- To correctly adjust the front door in the B-pillar area, the hinge screw connections on the door must be loosened.
- The fastening screws of the hinge mounting are expansion screws and must always be replaced after loosening. The fastening screws must be replaced individually one after the other.
- For this reason, these screws must only be tightened by hand (max. 10 Nm (7.5 ftlb.)) until the doors are adjusted correctly.

1. Front door.
1.1. Unscrew fastening screws -1-, -2 and 3- and replace them. The new screws must provisionally be tightened by hand only (max. 10 Nm (7.5 ftlb.)).










1.2. Hold a flat object (e.g. a credit card) at the B-pillar and measure the dimension -Q-.







1.3. Set the contour with respect to the front door and rear side section by moving the door-side hinge halves on the door -4- and -5- vertically and horizontally.










1.4. Tighten fastening screws -1-, -2 and 3- to the specified tightening torque.
Initial tightening: 20 Nm (15 ftlb.)±3 Nm (±2 ftlb.)
Final tightening: 90 degrees










2. Adjust door near the lock.
2.1. Loosen the fastening screws -6-. Set the contour with respect to the rear side section by moving the door lock striker -7- both vertically and horizontally.
2.2. Tighten fastening screws -6- to the specified tightening torque.
Tightening torque: 20 Nm (15 ftlb.)±2 Nm (±1.5 ftlb.)







3. Adjustment without built-in door sub-frame.
3.1. If the door is fitted without a sub-frame, the rear edge of the outer door panel must be installed higher with respect to the side section by the dimension -a-. Test and adjustment value: 2 mm. The door is lowered by approximately 2 mm when the door sub-frame is installed.