Quarter Window Glass: Service and Repair

QUARTER WINDOW GLASS

Part 1:

Part 2:

REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION

Required Special Tool:
- MB990480: Glass Holder

REMOVAL SERVICE POINT

[[A]] QUARTER WINDOW GLASS REMOVAL




1. Apply cloth tape to protect the quarter window glass.




2. Use glass adhesive knife to cut away adhesive.

CAUTION: Inserting the adhesive knife too deeply into windshield adhesive may damage quarter window glass.




3. Keep the glass adhesive knife at right angles with body flange (from inside the vehicle), and put the blade at body flange. Then cut away adhesive along the body flange.







4. Make mating marks on the quarter window glass and body.
5. Use special tool MB990480 to remove the quarter window glass.

CAUTION:
- Be careful not to remove more adhesive than is necessary.
- Be careful also not to damage the paintwork on the body surface with the knife. If the paintwork is damaged, repair the damaged area with repair paint or anti-rust agent.

6. Use a knife to cut away the remaining adhesive so that the thickness is within 2 mm (0.08 inch) around the entire circumference of the body flange.
7. Finish the flange surfaces so that they are smooth.

CAUTION: Allow the cleaned area to dry for at least three minutes. Do not touch any surface that has been cleaned.

8. When reusing the quarter window glass, remove the adhesive still adhering to the quarter window glass, and clean with isopropyl alcohol.
9. Clean the body side in the same way.

INSTALLATION SERVICE POINTS

]]A[[ GASKET/CLIP/DUAL LOCK FASTENER INSTALLATION
1. Carry out the following procedure to re-install quarter window glass.

CAUTION: Do not forget gasket.

1. Fit clips into body.




2. Cut away clip fitting convex parts on quarter window glass.

NOTE: Convex parts get broken when quarter window glass is removed.

CAUTION: Leave the degreased parts for 3 or more minutes to dry well, before starting on the next step. Do not touch the degreased parts.

2. Use isopropyl alcohol to degrease the inside and outside of the quarter window glass and the body flanges.




3. Assemble the dual lock fastener according to the standard location of the body flange.
4. Assemble the dual lock fastener to the quarter window glass relative to the body flange dual lock fastener.

]]B[[ QUARTER WINDOW GLASS INSTALLATION
Remove the quarter window glass using the same procedure as for the windshield removal.