Removal and Replacement

610219 Removing And Installing Hardtop






Removing hardtop






1. Open all four side windows.
2. Pull cover of the front locking lever -1- down and off.






3. Press red knob -2- on the front locking lever -1- and open the catch fully.






4. Take unlocking handle -1- from the shelf between the two front seats. Carefully remove the plastic cover -2- on both sides of the hardtop using the unlocking handle -1-.






5. Insert unlocking handle -1- into one of the rear hardtop locking elements. Loosen fastening screw -2- approx. 2 turns, pull off handle and completely loosen fastening screw -2- by hand (approx. 8 turns).






6. Unscrew fastening screw -2- up until stop and turn 2 turns to the left (safeguard it against damage).
7. Repeat procedure on the other side of the hardtop.

Caution:
Hardtop/hood compartment lid not fitted correctly
- Risk of squashing
- Lift the hardtop evenly at both sides.

8. Together with another person on the other side, evenly lift the hardtop -1- out of the locking elements. Carefully lift the hardtop up and over the vehicle to the rear. Carefully take the protective cover out of the roll-over protection cover to the rear and press the plastic cover into the locking elements.






9. Press both plastic covers -2- in the rear cover -1-.






Installing hardtop






1. Open all four side windows.
2. The locking lever -1- must be opened fully.






3. Take unlocking handle -1- from the shelf between the two front seats. Carefully remove the plastic cover -2- on both sides of the rear cover using the unlocking handle -1-.






Caution:
Hardtop/hood compartment lid not fitted correctly
- Risk of squashing
- Lift the hardtop evenly at both sides.

4. Carefully lift the hardtop -1- over the vehicle from the rear and insert it first into the mounts of the windscreen frame at the front -inset A- . Then carefully lower the hardtop into the locking elements at the rear -inset B-.






5. Swivel the locking lever for the front lock to the rear. When doing so, the locking hook must engage in the windscreen frame. The white marking line on the red locking button -inset- must become visible when the hardtop is locked properly.






6. Screw in fastening screw -1- by hand and then screw down at tightening torque - Tightening torque: 34 ftlb.






7. Repeat procedure on the other side of the hardtop.
8. Press both plastic covers -1- into the trim panel of the hardtop lock.






9. Push on the cover -1- of the front locking lever.