610219 Removing and installing hardtop

WM 610219 Removing and installing hardtop

Technical values





Removing hardtop





Main illustration, removing and installing hardtop

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





Pulling off cover for locking lever

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





Opening the locking lever

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-.





Removing the plastic cover

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).





Unlock hardtop lock

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.





Removing the hardtop

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





Pressing in covers

Installing hardtop





Main illustration, removing and installing hardtop

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





Opening the locking lever

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-.





Lifting the plastic cover

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-.





Fitting the hardtop

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.





Closing locking lever at the front

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





Closing rear locking mechanism

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





Inserting plastic cover

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





Pushing on cover of the locking lever