Windshield, Removing And Installing: Removing

-- Remove the windshield wiper arms. Refer to WINDSHIELD WIPER ARMS, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the plenum chamber cover.

-- Remove the left center and right sun visor. Refer to SUN VISOR, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the interior rearview mirror. Refer to INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the left and right upper A-pillar trim panels. Refer to A-PILLAR TRIM PANEL, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Unroll with the :VAS6452/1  approximately 6.5 meters of cutting wire (approximately six turns) and cut it.

-- Cover the awl outlet under the body flange with tape -1- to prevent damaging it.

-- Poke the awl through the bead of adhesive from the inside to the outside as illustrated.

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-- Feed both cutting wire ends -3- into the awl -2- and pull it in.

-- Place the cutting wire all the way around under the windshield as illustrated.

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-- Mount both reel devices on the inside of the windshield as illustrated.

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-- Insert the ends of the cutting wire -1- into the reel device -2-

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-- Tension the cutting wire and place the protective foil -2- between the instrument panel and the wire

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-- Cut the first section open, while the wire is guided into the integrated roller -arrow- on the reel device.

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-- Insert an additional guide awl -2- into the adhesive and secure it to the windshield with the suction cup as illustrated to make sure that the wire runs as close to the windshield as possible.

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-- If necessary, move the protective film -3- along with the wire and cut the windshield free with the reel device -1-.

-- Move the reel device and the guide awl as illustrated and cut free the section along the >>A-pillar<<.

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-- Moved the reel device and guide awl approximately to the center of the windshield.

-- Cut free the windshield up to about the center.

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-- Cut free the bottom of the windshield with the second reel device.

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-- Move the reel device upward and insert the guide awl as illustrated.

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-- Cut the windshield free moving upward along the >>A-pillar<<.

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-- Move the reel device over the center of the windshield and over the first reel device as illustrated and cut free the rest of the windshield along the top.

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-- Remove the windshield from the vehicle with the suction cups.