51 32 154 Adjusting left or right front door window glass: Notes

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Special tools required:

51 0 320
51 0 341
51 0 342
51 3 010
51 3 080
51 3 300
51 3 301
51 3 303
51 3 304
51 3 310

See BODY EQUIPMENT - SPECIAL TOOLS (CONVERTIBLE/COUPE) or BODY EQUIPMENT - SPECIAL TOOLS (SEDAN) .

Prerequisite:

Vehicle must be standing on its wheels on a level floor
Front door correctly adjusted to fit
If necessary, close retractable hardtop

IMPORTANT: When closing, the door window glass must not jam on the trim strip in any area of the window (window glass breakage).

If necessary, incoming check:

The following incoming check must be carried out prior to every adjustment operation:

NOTE: Incoming check must be carried out with the window cavity cover strip fitted.

Denormalize power window
Measure retraction depths with special tool 51 3 080
Insert special tool 51 0 341 in rotary striker and close rotary striker
Measure pretension with special tool 51 0 342
Initialize power windows

Necessary preliminary tasks:

Denormalize power window
Remove outer window cavity cover strip (not for checking pretension)