Quarter Window Glass Removal and Installation

REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION













Required Special Tool:

- MB990480: Glass Holder

REMOVAL SERVICE POINT

[[A]] QUARTER WINDOW GLASS ASSEMBLY REMOVAL





1. Make mating marks on the vehicle body and the quarter window glass, and hold the glass with cloth tape to prevent it from dropping.





2. Use glass adhesive knife to cut away adhesive.





3.
CAUTION:
Inserting the adhesive knife too deeply into windshield adhesive may damage quarter window glass.

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. Separate the clips by using a piano wire.





5. Use special tool MB990480 to remove the quarter window glass.





6.
CAUTION:

- Be careful not to remove more adhesive than is necessary.
- Be careful also not to damage the paint on the body surface with the knife. If the paint is damaged, repair the damaged area with touch-up paint.

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.
8.
CAUTION:
Allow the cleaned area to dry for at least three minutes. Do not touch any surface that has been cleaned.

When reusing the quarter window glass, remove the adhesive still adhering to the quarter window glass, and clean with 3M(TM) AAD Part number 8906 or equivalent.
9. Clean the body side in the same way.

INSTALLATION SERVICE POINTS

]]A[[ GASKET/CLIP INSTALLATION

Carry out the following procedure to re-install quarter window glass.

1.
CAUTION:
Remember to install the gasket.

Fit clips into body.





2. Cut away clip fitting convex on quarter window glass.
NOTE:
Convex gets broken when quarter window glass is removed.

]]B[[ QUARTER WINDOW GLASS ASSEMBLY INSTALLATION

1.
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.

Use 3M(TM) AAD Part number 8906 or equivalent to degrease the inside and outside of the quarter window glass and the body flanges.

2. Install the quarter window glass using the same procedure as for the windshield installation
(Refer to Removal and Replacement).