Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing guide plate

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual / General body repairs, exterior / Sliding roof / Sliding sunroof / Removing and installing guide plate

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Removing

Torque wrench -V.A.G 1783-

Note

The guide rails and the securing brackets are one component.
The cables and the tilting mechanism are integrated in this component and cannot be replaced separately.

Removing and installing guide plate

–	Remove moulded headliner → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70.

–	Remove glass panel → Chapter.

–	Mark the position -4- of the guide rails -1- on assembly frame -3-.

–	Remove bolts -2-.

Removing and installing guide plate

–	Low guide rails -1- at rear -arrow a-.

–	Pull guide rails -1- off assembly carrier -2-, keeping them parallel with each other -arrow b-.

Note

Do not twist or bend the guide rails and securing bracket as there is no strut in the front area.

Installing

Removing and installing guide plate

–	Push guide rails -1- into assembly carrier -2-, keeping them parallel to each other.

–	Fit guide rails -1- on assembly frame at rear.

Removing and installing guide plate

–	Insert bolts -2- and tighten slightly.

–	Align guide rails -1- in accordance with the marking made previously -6-.

–	Tighten bolts -2-.

–	Further installation is performed in the reverse order of removal.

Specified torques

Guide rails → Chapter „Assembly overview - sliding sunroof“

Adjusting glass panel

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Removing and installing front trim for sliding sunroof

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