Removing Rear Window
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CAUTION:
Vehicle windows removed and installed incorrectly
- Danger of cuts
- Risk of eye injuries
- → Wear personal protective gear.
- → Always shut off power, supply when replacing cutting knife.
Information
- The help of another person is required.
- > VAS 861 001A - Window removal set must be attached to the inside of the rear window.
- Unwind the cutting cord and cut it using side cutters.
- Use the scratch awl -1-
and the cutting cord to cut through the bead of adhesive from the inside out -arrow A-
.
Scratch awl
- Pull out cutting cord -1-
from outside.
Cutting cord
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- Increase the fixing force of the suction cup by cleaning the window from the inside if necessary.
- Remove rear window.
- 5.1 Insert the cutting cord into the bore on the spooling device.
- 5.2 Position spooling device at the centre of the glass and press suction cups firmly against the rear window.
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- Make sure not to damage electric connections when removing the glass using cutting cord.
- Cut up to just before the connection.
- Slacken the cutting cord.
- Guide cutting cord past the connection on the inside.
- Counter with a scratch awl.
- Make sure that the cutting cord does not press against electric connections when removing the glass.
- Continue separating the window glass.
- Cut out the rear window by winding the cutting cord onto the spooling device.
Re-position the spooling device to reduce the tensile force of the cutting cord when removing the glass.
- Be careful of the seal -1-
at the sides. The cutting cord can damage the seal. Guide the cutting cord along underneath the seal.
Seal
- When cutting at the underside of the rear window press the cutting cord under the seal -2-
using an assembly wedge -Arrows-
. Coat the area -3-
with soapy water.
Underside of seal
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- Increase the fixing force of the suction cup by moistening it if necessary.
- Affix the suction cup to the outside of the rear window and remove the rear window.