54 10 070 Removing and Installing/Replacing Slider Set For Floating Roofliner

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Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove glass slide/tilt sunroof. See 54 13 080 Removing and Installing Complete Glass Slide/Tilt Sunroof .
Remove rear floating roofliner. See 54 13 070 Removing and Installing/Replacing Both Floating Roofliners For Glass Slide/Tilt Sunroof .

IMPORTANT: Slider set can fall sideways out of guide rail.
Risk of damage to drag arm.

Pull slider set sideways out of guide rail.

Remove drag arm from front mechanism for floating roofliner:

Turn drag arm downwards
Disengage drag arm upwards

Fig 1: Removing Drag Arm From Front Mechanism
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Remove arm (1) towards rear and replace if necessary.

Fig 2: Removing Arm

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