Front Door Glass: Adjustment

NOTE: Before adjustment, ensure that all adjusting bolts of stabilizer, upper stopper, and sash are loose and door glass is raised so that it is in contact with weatherstrip.

Temporarily tighten one adjusting bolt on one side of rear sash at the midpoint of slotted hole in the inner panel.
Temporarily tighten the regulator B-channel in a position at the top of slotted hole.
Lower the door glass 10 to 15 mm (0.39 to 0.59 in) from fully closed position. While applying out ward pressure of 45.0+/-4.9 N (4.6+/-0.5 kg, 11.0+/-1.1 lb) (F) to upper edge of glass above midpoint of two outer stabilizers, press the inner stabilizer at pres sure of 10+/-5 N (1.0+/-0.5 kg, 0.2+0.1 lb) to the glass, then secure it.

Fig 1: Identifying Rear Door Dimension
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For adjustment of clearance between front glass and center pillar cover, loosen the nuts (A), and move the glass sash back and forward until clearance becomes the value shown.

Fig 2: Adjusting Clearance Between Front Glass And Center Pillar Cover (1 Of 2)
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Fig 3: Adjusting Clearance Between Front Glass And Center Pillar Cover (2 Of 2)
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For adjustment of upper and lower ends of center pillar, loosen the adjusting nut (A) of B-channel (B).

Fig 4: Adjusting Upper And Lower Ends Of Center Pillar (1 Of 2)
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Adjust so that the upper and lower ends of center pillar are the same size.

Fig 5: Adjusting Upper And Lower Ends Of Center Pillar (2 Of 2)
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For glass stroke adjustment, close door, raise glass until positional relationship between glass and weatherstrip becomes as shown. And secure the glass so that the upper stopper lightly touches the glass holder.

Fig 6: Identifying Glass Stroke Adjustment
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For preventing wind noise, adjust the glass at the position where tip of gusset is raised up a little.

Fig 7: Adjusting Glass
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After stabilizer adjustment, carry out glass crimp adjustment. First, visually ensure positional relationship between retainer & molding and glass of the roof side, and then begin with rear sash adjustment. Adjust two adjusting bolts alternately step by step to obtain dimensions shown below (cross-section A).
NOTE: If two nuts are loosened at the same time, the sash moves back and forth. Therefore, when one nut is adjusted, secure the other.
Make the same adjustment of two adjusting bolts of rear sash.

Fig 8: Identifying Two Adjusting Bolts Of Rear Sash (1 Of 2)
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CAUTION: Do not tilt sash bracket to inner panel during adjustment. Otherwise smooth regulator operation cannot be achieved.

Fig 9: Identifying Two Adjusting Bolts Of Rear Sash (2 Of 2)
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Make adjustment of front sash in the same manner as that of rear sash.
CAUTION: Although front and rear sashes must, as a rule, be adjusted in the same manner, in some door installation, the adjustment in a different manner may be required. However, adjustment of one sash to the maximum amount and the other to the minimum amount is not permitted. Such adjustment may result in application of excessive load to regulator.
After adjustments, tighten the nuts.
After adjustment of glass, if there is a gap between outer lip of gusset and glass surface, adjust the gap with adjusting bolt (A) in lower fitting part of gusset to prevent generation of wind noise.
During adjustments, loosen other three clamping bolts.

Fig 10: Loosening Clamping Bolts
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After adjustment, tighten the bolts and nuts.