Overhaul

WM 610237 Disassembling and assembling hardtop

Technical values





Preliminary work

1. Remove rear window. -> 648619 Removing and installing rear window - section on "Removing" 648619 Removing and installing rear window
2. Remove centring peg. -> 611019 Removing and installing front convertible-top mount - section on "Removing" 611019 Removing and installing front convertible-top mount

Disassembling hardtop

1. Remove cover strips and roof strip clips.
1.1. Lift up the cover strip on left and right -2- using a plastic spatula and pull it out of the hardtop body -1-. The roof strip clips are destroyed when they are removed.





Removing cover strips and roof strip clips

2. Place outer roof panel of hardtop on the assembly fixture.
3. Unclipping lining
3.1. Unclip lining -3- at sides and front from hardtop body -1-.





Unclipping linings

4. Remove hardtop locking mechanism. -> 611119 Removing and installing rear mount - section on "Removing"
5. Detach seal at sides of roof frame.
5.1. The seal at the sides of the roof frame -1- is in two parts. Pull the upper seal -2- out of the profile of the retaining strip -3-.
5.2. Unscrew fastening screws -4- from the retaining strip -3-.
5.3. Remove the seal below together with the retaining strip -5- from the roof frame -1-.





Detaching seal at sides of roof frame

6. Loosen and disengage retaining strip and roof frame seal.
6.1. Unscrew tapping screws -1- from retaining strip -2-.
6.2. Unscrew pan-head screw -3- from the roof frame seal, detach the seal at the corners and remove it.





Detaching seal at sides of roof frame

7. Pull off sealing rubber.
7.1. Pull off the surrounding sealing rubber -1- to the rear and pull it out at the ends from the roof frame seal -2-.





Pulling off sealing rubber

8. Remove roof liner at front.
8.1. Lift front retaining strip -1- of roof liner -2- with a plastic spatula and pull it off.





Removing roof liner at front

9. Detach roof liner at sides.
9.1. Lift up the roof liner -1- on the left and right sides with a plastic spatula and disengage from the sheetmetal clips -2-.





Detaching roof liner at sides

10. Detach roof liner at rear and transverse struts.
10.1. Pull plastic rail -2- on roof liner -1- to the rear and disengage.
10.2. Pull out transverse struts -3- with plastic sleeves -4- and remove the roof liner -1-.





Detaching roof liner at rear and transverse struts

11. Loosen sound absorber from the hardtop body.
11.1. Loosen the sound absorber -2- of the hardtop body -1- using a spatula.





Loosening sound absorber from the hardtop body

12. Disconnecting wiring harness of the heated rear window
12.1. Drill out the 3.2 mm -27- tubular rivet. Disconnect electric plug connection -28- , remove wiring harness with hardtop locking mechanism from hardtop body.





Disconnecting wiring harness of the heated rear window

13. Remove locking lever.
13.1. Unscrew and remove fastening screws -1- from the locking lever -2-.





Removing locking lever

14. Press expander nuts out of the hardtop body.
14.1. Press expander nuts -1- out of the hardtop body -2- at the sides and front.





Pressing expander nuts out of the hardtop body

Assembling hardtop

1. Set the hardtop down on the assembly fixture on the outer roof panel.

Information

- Please observe the coloured installation position of the expander nuts!

- 1A = yellow

- 1B = white

- 1C = green

- 2A = red

- 2B = white

2. Press expander nuts into the hardtop body.
2.1. Beginning in the direction of travel going left
2.2. One red -2A- expander nut
2.3. Three yellow -1A- expander nuts
2.4. One green -1C- expander nut
2.5. One white -1B- expander nut
2.6. Press three green -1C- expander nuts into the hardtop body.
2.7. Beginning in the direction of travel going right
2.8. One white -2B- expander nut
2.9. Three yellow -1A- expander nuts
2.10. One green -1C- expander nut
2.11. One white -1B- expander nut
2.12. Press three green -1C- expander nuts into the hardtop body.
2.13. Press the expander nuts at the front -1B- into the hardtop body in the direction of travel.





Pressing expander nuts into the hardtop body

3. Fit wiring harness for rear window heater.
3.1. Position wiring harness with the hardtop locking mechanism, rivet the flat connector -3- onto the hardtop body -1- with a 3.2 mm tubular rivet and connect the plug connection -4-.





Fitting wiring harness for the rear window heating

4. Stick sound absorber on the hardtop body.
4.1. Position the self-adhesive sound absorber -2- in the hardtop body -1- and press firmly into place.





Sticking sound absorber in the hardtop body

5. Fit locking lever.
5.1. Position locking lever -2- on hardtop body -1- and secure with fastening screws -3-. Tightening torque => Tightening torque : 10 Nm (7.5 ftlb.)





Fitting locking lever

6. Engage roof liner at rear and transverse struts.
6.1. Insert transverse struts -2- with plastic sleeves -3- into the hardtop body -3-.
6.2. Pull back plastic strip -4- of roof liner -5- and engage in groove of hardtop body -1-.





Engaging roof liner at rear and transverse struts

Information

- If the hardtop body is new, the sheetmetal clips on the left and right must be bent over to the outside using a plastic hammer.

7. Engage roof liner at sides.
7.1. Engage roof liner -1- at the left and right sides in the sheetmetal clips -2-.





Engaging roof liner at sides

8. Fit roof liner at front.
8.1. Position front retaining strip -2- of roof liner -1- and clip it in.





Fitting roof liner at front

9. Fit sealing rubber.
9.1. Insert self-adhesive sealing rubber -2- at the ends of the roof frame seal -1-.
9.2. Remove protective film of the sealing rubber and press firmly into place at the rear on all sides.





Fitting rubber seal

10. Affix Nito tape to the hardtop body.
10.1. Stick a 2 cm wide strip of Nitto tape -2- on the hardtop body -1- at the front left and right.





Affixing Nito tape to the hardtop body

11. Fit roof frame seal and retaining strip.
11.1. Engage roof frame seal in the hardtop body at the corners and fasten with the fastening screw -1-. Tightening torque => Tightening torque : 10 Nm (7.5 ftlb.)
11.2. Position retaining strip -2- and screw down using the fastening screws -3-.





Fitting roof frame seal and retaining strip

12. Fit seal at sides of roof frame.
12.1. The seal at the sides of the roof frame -1- is in two parts. Position lower seal with retaining strip -2- on roof frame -1- and fasten with fastening screws -3-.
12.2. Press upper seal -4- into the profile of the retaining strip -5-.





Fitting seal at sides of roof frame

13. Install hardtop locking mechanism. -> 611119 Removing and installing rear mount - section on "Installing"

Information

- Once a trim panel has been clipped in, the old plastic clips are no longer usable and must always be replaced.

14. Fit interior lining.
14.1. Clip lining -28- at the sides, front and rear into the hardtop body -1-.





Fitting lining

15. Apply putty at roof ends.
15.1. Apply putty at roof ends front and rear.





Applying putty at roof ends

Information

- Once a trim panel has been clipped in, the old plastic clips are no longer usable and must always be replaced.

16. Clip in roof strip clips and cover strips.
16.1. Fit roof strip clips -30-.
16.2. Fit cover strip seal on the cover strip -31-.
16.3. Position cover strip on hardtop body -1- and press into the roof strip clips.





Clipping in roof strip clips and cover strips

Subsequent work

1. Install centring pin. -> 611019 Removing and installing front convertible-top mount - section on "Removing" 611019 Removing and installing front convertible-top mount
2. Install rear window. -> 648619 Removing and installing rear window - section on "Installing" 648619 Removing and installing rear window