Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing sunroof roller blind

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

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Removing

Torque wrench -V.A.G 1783-

Removing and installing sunroof roller blind

–	Remove glass panel → Chapter.

–	If drive is defective, remove glass panel → Chapter.

–	Pull self-adhesive insulation -3- off.

–	Remove bolts -2-.

–	Pull out cover upwards at an angle -arrows-.

Removing and installing sunroof roller blind

–	Remove glass panel → Chapter.

–	Undo screws -3- and remove handle -4-.

–	Remove bolts -5-.

Note

If the sun blind is to be reused, it is vital to ensure that the steel strips are not kinked.
If a steel strip is kinked, a new sun blind has to be fitted.

Removing and installing sunroof roller blind

–	Lift sun blind -1- at rear on right and left -arrow a- and push uniformly to the rear -arrow b- and pull out of the guide rails -3-.

–	Push slider -3- into rib -arrow c- and remove from guide -arrow d-.

–	Remove sun blind -1- from assembly frame.

If required for subsequent work, the pulling rib can be removed from sun blind → Anchor.

Installing

Note

When installing the sun blind, it is vital to ensure that the steel strips are not kinked.
If a steel strip is kinked, a new sun blind has to be fitted.

Removing and installing sunroof roller blind

l	Pulling rib is installed → Anchor.

–	Insert right and left carriers -2- into guide rails -3--arrow a-.

–	Make sure that carriers are in correct position at top -arrow b- and bottom -arrow c- on guide rail.

Removing and installing sunroof roller blind

–	Insert slider -2- into guides -8--arrows a-.

–	Make sure that the sliders are in correct position in relation to guide rails.

Removing and installing sunroof roller blind

–	Tighten bolts -5-.

–	Fit handle -4- and tighten screws -3-.

Specified torques

Handle → Chapter „Assembly overview - sunroof roller blind“

Removing and installing sunroof roller blind

–	Push cover onto assembly frame.

–	Tighten bolts -2-.

–	Attach self-adhesive insulation -3-.

Specified torques

Cover → Chapter „Assembly overview - sliding sunroof“

Removing and installing pulling rib

Removing:

Removing and installing sunroof roller blind

–	Remove glass panel → Chapter.

–	Removing sliding sunroof roller blind → Chapter.

–	Pull slider -2- on left and right out of pulling rib -4--arrows a-.

–	Pull pulling rib off fabric of sliding sunroof roller blind -7--arrow b-.

Installing:

Removing and installing sunroof roller blind

–	Push tensioning wire -5- into sun blind fabric -6-.

–	Push pulling rib -4- onto fabric of sun blind.

–	Push slider -2- with spring -3- into pulling rib.

Further installation is performed in the reverse order of removal.

Closing sunroof by hand

Removing – Remove glass panel → Chapter. – If drive is defective, remove glass panel → Chapter. ...

Programming sliding sunroof adjustment control unit -J245-

Note If a glass panel, motor or tilt mechanism have been renewed, adaption needs to be performed. The anti-trap function ...

Other materials:

Removing and installing baffle plate, RHD vehicles
Removing – Depending on version, remove plastic bolt or plug -2- and remove baffle plate -1-. Installing – Install in reverse order ...

Checking fuel pressure
Special tools and workshop equipment required Removal wedge -3409- Pressure tester -VAS 6550- Connector cable -VAS 6550/3-3- Connector cable -VAS 6550/3-4- Vehicle diagnostic tester ...

Checking vacuum generation
Note The average air pressure of the earth's atmosphere at sea level is 1013 mbar and decreases steeply as the altitude increases (approx. 100 mbar/1,000 m altitude). Local and time fluctuations also influence vacuum generation. ...