67 65 010 Removing And Installing Or Replacing Drive Unit For Roller Sun Blind

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Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove PANEL FOR PARCEL SHELF .

IMPORTANT:

Do not power up the drive unit if it is not completely connected to the roller sun blind.

If the roller sun blind is not completely rolled up, there is spring pressure on the drive linkage.

In this case, maintain the roller sun blind under pretension and carefully lever out the linkage. Now allow the roller sun blind to roll up slowly.

Remove locking clips (1) towards bottom.

Installation:

Replace locking clips (1).

Lever out drive linkage (2) on left and right.

Release screw (3) and remove complete drive linkage (4) towards top.

Fig 1: Levering Out Drive Linkage

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Installation:

Make sure drive linkage (1) is correctly positioned on drive shaft (2).

Drive linkage (1) can only rest in one single position on the drive shaft (2).

Fig 2: Identifying Drive Linkage And Shaft

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Unhook electric lead (1) in area (2) and unclip at points (3).

Release screws (4) and remove drive unit for roller sun blind (5) in direction of arrow.

Installation instructions:

Attach screws (4) loosely only. Attach drive linkage and tighten down screws (4).

Fig 3: Removing Drive Unit For Roller Sun Blind

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