Regulator, BACKLITE Glass: Removal
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- Open the center glass approximately 8 cm (3 inches).
- Disconnect and isolate the negative battery cable.
- Remove the rear seat. Refer to REMOVAL .
- Remove the cab back panel. Refer to PANEL, CAB BACK TRIM, REMOVAL .
- Using a thin trim tool, carefully loosen the adhesive strip and flexible ribbon wire cover (4).
- As the flexible ribbon wire cover is released at the outboard end, use a forked trim stick to disconnect the terminals (1) for the glass.NOTE:
The flexible ribbon wire is part of the sliding glass, once loose be careful not to pull on the flexible ribbon wire if reusing the sliding glass.
- Unclip the LEFT regulator cable from the body side.
- Using a hook tool, pull the upper window down on the outboard end (1) and slide it out of the window frame (2).
- Using a hook tool, remove the LEFT cable block from the lower track and remove cable end from the sliding glass.NOTE:
The cable block is difficult to remove, be careful not to the damage the lower track.
- Lift the sliding glass upward and pull the bottom out of the lower track.
- Remove the sliding glass out of the window frame and reposition as needed to remove the RIGHT side cable end.
- Using a hook tool, remove the RIGHT cable blocks (1 and 2) from the lower track.
- Disconnect the electrical connector from the regulator motor.
- Remove the two bolts (1) and the regulator.