663619 Removing and installing roof joint strip

WM 663619 Removing and installing roof joint strip

Tools





Preliminary work

1. Remove trim panel for rear lid hinge. -> 709119 Removing and installing rear lid hinge trim panel - section on "Removing"

Removing roof joint strip

Removing roof joint cover strip





Installation position of roof joint cover strip

1. Press out retaining pin using a narrow screwdriver and remove expanding clip -1-.





Loosening roof joint cover strip

2. Lift roof joint cover strip -1- using a plastic spatula -2 - and unclip all the way along.





Removing roof joint cover strip

3. Move wedge piece of spreader -1- with a plastic wedge. Remove spreader.





Detaching spreader

4. Insert a narrow screwdriver -1- in the hole in the body and remove the retaining pin -2-.





Removing retaining pin

Disassembling roof joint cover strip





Installation position of roof joint cover strip

1. Insert a screwdriver -1- beneath both ends of the fold-out element -2- and press out.





Removing fold-out element

2. Pull roof frame seal -1- from the roof joint cover strip -2-.





Pulling off roof joint seal

3. Between the roof joint clip -1- and the roof joint cover strip -2- insert a narrow screwdriver -3- and press outwards until the roof joint clip disengages.





Removing roof joint clips

Assembling roof joint cover strip





Installation position of roof joint cover strip

1. Insert roof joint clips -1- narrow side first, and press in until the locking tab in the roof joint cover strip -2- engages.





Fitting roof joint clips

2. Push the roof joint seal -1- onto the roof joint strip -2- all the way round.





Fitting roof joint seal

3. Stick in the roof frame seal -1- at the ends of the roof joint cover strip -2- using Loctite 241 WE .
4. Position the fold-out element -1- in the cut-out of the roof joint strip -2- , and press in the locking tabs at the ends until they engage.





Fitting fold-out element

Installing roof joint strip

Installing roof joint cover strip





Installation position of roof joint cover strip

1. Position spreaders -1- (3 per roof channel) in the recesses, beginning at the front. Press the spreader right down into the roof channel.





Fitting spreader

2. Push wedge piece into the spreader -1- until the spreader is braced in the roof channel.
3. Position the roof joint strip -1- on the roof channel, and align the roof joint clips -2- in the roof joint cover strip with the spreaders -3- so that they lie directly above one another.





Installing roof joint cover strip

4. Press in roof joint cover strip -1- until it audibly engages.
5. Fasten roof joint cover strip -1- with the expanding clip -2- by pressing in the retaining pins.





Fastening roof joint cover strip

Subsequent work

1. Install lid hinge trim panel -> 709119 Removing and installing rear lid hinge trim panel - section on "Installing"