Removing and installing window channel — VW
Removing and installing window channel on VW: 12 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes AU1, BX5
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- To prevent wind noise, ensure window channel (1) seats evenly when installing.
📋 Procedure
- Remove window slot inner seal .
- Remove window slot outer seal .
- Remove rear window .
- Peel sealing lip of window channel (1) off the door flange (2) from the inside (arrow e).
- Pull window channel (1) out of mountings on door (arrows c).
- Pull window channel of front metal flange (arrows a) and in area of overlap out of holding device (arrow b).
- Pull window channel (1) off door flange (2) uniformly around entire circumference (arrows d).
- Spray window channel with soapy water to facilitate installation.
- Insert window channel (1) into mountings on door (arrows a and b).
- Insert window channel at front flange into holding device (arrow d) and fit onto metal flange (arrows e).
- Push window channel (1) from rear towards front onto door flange (2)(arrows c).
- Fold sealing lip of window channel onto door flange from the inside (arrow f). [Note: To prevent wind noise, ensure window channel (1) seats evenly when installing.]
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