Adjust center door - AR72.14-P-0015SXS

MODEL 221.176 with CODE (Z07) Top protection with CODE (Z19) S600 Pullman Guard state sedan 

Fig 1: Adjusting Center Door

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	Checking
	Risk of injury  caused by fingers being pinched or crushed  when removing, installing or aligning hoods, doors, trunk lids, liftgates or sliding roof	Keep body parts and limbs well clear of moving parts.	AS00.00-Z-0011-01A
1	Check gaps around center door (1)		*BE60.00-P-1005-01R
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	Adjust
2	Remove striker wedge (2) at bottom of center door (1)
3	Remove lock striker (4)	Mark installation position of lock striker (4), to facilitate reinstallation.
4	Support center door (1) with floor jack and suitable block of wood, position below mounting location of striker wedge (2)	Do not support center door (1) on outer paneling, otherwise, the center door (1) can be damaged by its high dead weight. Trolley jack
5	Loosen screws (5) on B1-pillar and adjust corresponding gap dimensions by moving center door (1)	Adjust gap dimensions at center door (1) by lifting or lowering floor jack.	*BE60.00-P-1005-01R
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6	Tighten bolts (5)		*BA72.14-P-1005-01B
7	Loosen bolts (6) on center door (1) and adjust transition by moving center door (1) between front door and center door (1)	The contour of the front door (1) must be flush with the contour of the center door or project by a maximum of 1 mm.
8	Tighten bolts (6), lower and remove floor jack	Trolley jack	*BA72.14-P-1006-01B
9	Insert lock striker (4) and screw in bolts (3) up to stop	It should still be possible to adjust the lock striker (4).
10	Adjust transition between center door (1) and rear door by moving locking eye (4).	The contour of the center door (1) must be flush with the contour of the rear door or project by a maximum of 1 mm.
11	Tighten screw/bolts (3)		*BA72.14-P-1007-01B
12	Repair paint damage to screw heads with suitable touch-up paint pen
13	Install striker wedge (2)	Only tighten bolts on striker wedge (2) hand-tight.
14	Coat oval head screw (7) with grease	Multipurpose grease	*BR00.45-Z-1034-06A
15	Carefully close and open center door (1) and determine on basis of grease impression on raised head screw (7), whether height of striker wedge (2) requires correction by inserting shims. If the front door (1) is hard to close or cannot be closed at all, correct the height of the striker wedge (2) by removing shims	The front door (1) is supported on the oval head screws (7) by the striker wedge (2) so that its entire dead weight is not on the lock striker (4). The front door (1) should be easy to close.
16	Tighten bolts on striker wedge (2)

Fig 2: Identifying Feeler Gauge (129 589 03 21 00)

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