Renewing lower part of outer door panel with crash reinforcement — VW
Renewing lower part of outer door panel with crash reinforcement on VW: 10 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 code 6Z1
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- The assembly block from the assembly tool set T10237 is required to offer up the outer door panel at bottom.
- Wait 2 hours before performing further work on the bonded lower part of the outer door panel.
📋 Procedure
- Observe repair instructions .
- Bolt crash reinforcement (1) to inner door panel.
- Adapt inner door panel (1) to adjacent components. [Note: The assembly block from the assembly tool set T10237 is required to offer up the outer door panel at bottom.]
- Apply glass/paint primer evenly in one stroke using applicator .
- Using double cartridge gunVAS 5237, apply 2-component window adhesive to primed areas (2) of crash reinforcement (1).
- Using suction lifterV.A.G 1344, fit lower part of outer door panel (1).
- Using assembly blocks from assembly tool set T10237, fit lower part of outer door panel (1) to lie against adjacent components.
- Using wedges from assembly tool set T10237, adjust shut line relative to side member as well as height of lower part of outer door panel (1).
- Check gaps/shut lines using setting gauge337100Technical data; Gaps/shut lines; Body, middle.
- Bond assembly blocks from assembly tool set T10237 evenly onto lower part of outer door panel (1) and adjacent components using Tesa Power Strips from door repair kit D438 520 A2. [Note: Wait 2 hours before performing further work on the bonded lower part of the outer door panel.]
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