FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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Front Door Window, Window Guide







Window Guide

The following describes removing and installing the right window guide only. Removing and installing the left window guide is identical.

Do not bend window recess seal when lifting off!

Removing






Perform the following:

- Remove the door window. Refer to => [ Door Window ] Door Window.

- Remove inner window recess seal. Refer to => [ Inner Window Shaft Seal ] Inner Window Shaft Seal.

- Remove the outer window shaft seal. Refer to => [ Outer Window Recess Seal ] Outer Window Recess Seal.

- Remove the clip - 3 - - arrow c -.

- Roll the sealing lip on the window guide - 1 - off the door flange.

- Remove the window guide - 1 - - arrows a - from the door flange- 2 -.

- Remove the window guide - 1 - from the mounts - arrows b -.

Installation






- Tape off the openings - 4 - under the window guide with cloth tape.

Tape size: Height = approximately 10 mm, width = approximately 40 mm

- Spray the window guide with soapy water to make it easier to install.

- Install the window guide - 1 - into the mounts - arrows b -.

- Press the window guide - 1 - onto the door flange - 2 -.

- Pull the sealing lip on the window guide onto the door flange.

Make sure the window guide - 1 - fits evenly when installing it (wind noises).

- Install the clip - 3 - - arrow b -.

The bevel on the clip must face toward the inside of the vehicle.

Turn the clip the other way if the bevel faces the outside of the vehicle - with a red line drawn through it -.

Install in reverse order of removal.