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" 709119 Removing and installing rear lid hinge trim

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" 709119 Removing and installing rear lid hinge trim