51 71 215 Replacing sealing on left or right rear door

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Follow REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS for bonded gaskets.

Necessary preliminary work:

If applicable, remove the sealing on the rear door
Remove COVER ON INSIDE DOOR WINDOW FRAME
Release DOOR STOP FROM DOOR POST
BOND THE TEMPLATES FOR THE SEALING on the inner door panel

IMPORTANT:

After loosening the door stop, prevent the door from exceeding the maximum opening angle (danger of paint or body damage)
Do not touch or contaminate the bonding surface
Position the sealing without over-extension or compression
The maximum slack of the sealing while positioning is 30 mm
Always press the sealing on perpendicular to the bonding surface
It is not the time of the contact pressure, but rather the level of pressure (approx.
10... 15 N/cm² ) that is decisive.
Sealing can only be pulled off and reused up to three times if it was pressed on lightly
Separation of sealing after pressing destroys the adhesive layer.

Suspend sealing (1) with open lip pointing inwards over door.

Pull the protective film off around the color coding (positioning aid).

Start the sealing (1) with color coding on the front top of the window frame.

Glue sealing as follows:

Fig 1: Locating Front Door Seal

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Note the bonding order below
Pull the protective film off step-by-step and lightly press the sealing (1) onto the inner door panel
Check the positioning of the sealing (1) and correct as needed until the positioning is OK.
Press the sealing (1) on.

Bonding order:

Along the window frame to the beginning of the template
From the door post to the entry area
Remaining door area

Positioning the sealing:

Fig 2: Identifying Distance Between Rear Door Rubber Profile And Sheet Metal Edge

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Position	Distance between rubber profile and sheet metal edge (in mm)
a	3.8
b	18.5
C	4.2
d	54.1

Position the sealing along the templates:

Edge of the adhesive tape (2) is flush with the cutting edge of the template (3).

Sealing
Adhesive tape of sealing
Template

Fig 3: Locating Front Door Template
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Final repair work:

Pull off all templates