Rear Door Window Regulator: Service and Repair

Window Regulator And Door Window, Removing And Installing







1 - Door component carrier
2 - Window regulator

Removing:
- Door component carrier removed
- To remove, drill heads off pop rivets - 3 -, knock out rivet stems and detach window regulator.
- Shake door component carrier so that pop rivet stems fall out.
3 - Pop rivet
- Install rivets using VAG1753 pop rivet pliers.
- Install rivets in following order: - a -, - b -, and - c -.
- Diameter of rivet -a- = 4.8 mm
- Diameter of rivets -b- and -c- = 6.0 mm







4 - Door window
Before removing:
- Run window down to bottom position.
- Remove door component carrier.
- Mark position of window in vertical and longitudinal directions at both mounts using felt-tip pen.
- Remove bolts - 7 - and lift window out of carrier - 6 -.

Installing:
- Install in reverse order of removal.
- Insert window into window regulator and align with markings applied before removing.
- Tighten bolt - 7 - to 2.5 Nm (22 in.lb).







Installing a new window:
- Door component carrier removed
- Insert window into guide and push it forward toward B-pillar.

NOTE: When installing, make sure the sealing lips of the window channel strip are not pressed downward.

- Run window up to top stop using window regulator without installing bolt - 7 -.
- Tighten bolt - 7 - to 2.5 Nm (22 in.lb).

5 - Locating bracket
6 - Carrier
- Part of window regulator
7 - Bolt
- 2.5 Nm (22 in.lb)
8 - Buffer
- After inserting, press in clamping pin - 9 -
9 - Clamping pin.