Removal and installation of the electric window lift in the rear door - ra72001400187x(0187)

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Model 140

Preliminary work:

Door liner on rear door removed (Removal and installation of the lining on the rear door )

Fig 1: Identifying Electric Window Lift In Rear Door Components

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Vapor seal on interior door panel	pull off.
Retaining strap (1) on slider (2)	unclip and remove.
Electrical connections on window lift motor	disconnect.
Rivets (3) for fastening rear window lift	drill out (5 each); use 4.8 mm dia. bit.
mechanism to interior door panel	Observe installation note!
Slider (2) on window lift bar	move out by moving rear window lift back and forth (arrow).
Window (4)	move up by hand and secure with plastic wedge.
Rear window lift mechanism (5)	remove through installation opening.
Remaining pieces of rivets on rear window lift mechanism and in door shaft	remove.
Reinstall	in opposite order.

Installation note

When riveting the rear window lift mechanism onto the interior door panel ensure that the window lift is arrested in the interior door panel and makes full contact. Use pop rivets with shank diameter of 4.8 mm.

COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE TOOLS

Pop rivet tool	Fa. Gesipa Blindniettechnik GmbH
Model HN 1	Nordenstraβe 13-39
Part no. 71 000 19	64546 Marfelden-Walldorf

NOTE: The window lift motor can be installed and removed without removing the window lift mechanism (see Removal and installation of the electric window lift motor in rear door ).

Removal, installation

Pull off vapor seal on interior door panel.
Unclip retaining strap on window lift bar and remove.
Disconnect electrical connections on window lift motor.

Fig 2: Locating Vapor Seal On Interior Door Panel
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Drill out rivets (5 each); use bit with diameter of 4.8 mm.
Remove slider by moving rear window lift mechanism back and forth on window lift bar.
Push window up by hand and secure against falling.
Remove rear window lift mechanism through installation opening in interior door panel.

Fig 3: Locating Rivets
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Remove remaining pieces of rivets in rear window lift mechanism and in door shaft.
Insert rear window lift mechanism through installation opening in interior door panel and simultaneously guide slider into window lift bar.

Fig 4: Identifying Rear Window Lift Mechanism
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Position window lift mechanism in catches on interior door panel at top and bottom.

Fig 5: Locating Top Catch
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Fig 6: Locating Bottom Catch
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Rivet rear window lift mechanism to interior door panel with 4.8 mm dia. rivets (5 each) and pop riveting tool. Ensure that rear window lift mechanism is flush against interior door panel.

Fig 7: Identifying Pop Riveting Tool
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Install retaining strap on slider in window lift bar.
Reconnect electrical connections on window lift motor.
Lubricate slider with MB-Lubricant Paste part No. 000 989 31 51.

Fig 8: Locating Vapor Seal On Interior Door Panel
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Adjust window lift stop at top (Adjustment of the crank window in the rear door ).
Check window adjustment, readjust if required (Adjustment of the crank window in the rear door ).
Install vapor seal on interior door panel.
Install door liner.

Fig 9: Locating Vapor Seal On Interior Door Panel

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