Goofy Sunroof Weirdness

[Geraint Lloyd]

Alex

As Richard also suggested,

it sounds like you have a broken clip attaching the
trim to the sunroof.
as you suggested in your initial mail, it's cosmetic

you won't get wet

I suggest that you half open the roof, or rather open
it enough to get 
your head in the hole and pull down gently on the trim
panel to see what 
the difference is between the left and the right side.
the ETKA image isn't very good, but the bentley shows
4 U shaped spring 
clips at the front of the trim panel.
if you're lucky and the clips aren't broken, then it
might just be a 
question of relocating the clips in the holes in the
mechanism and 
giving them a solid tug forwards
maybe giving them a bit of a bend with a large flat
head screwdriver 
might help increase their 'spring clip' properties.

if the clips are broken then you will have to change
them.
part number is 443 877 281A on  my version of ETKA.
there are 4 clips held on with pop rivets (N 904 376
01- in case you 
have a desperate urge to subsidise you dealer!)
you should be able to unclip the rear then the front
of the trim from 
the sliding roof and carefully ease the trim panel
forwards and the roof 
backwards until the clips are accessible

either that or glue the trim panel on with an enormous
gob of silicone 
sealant.
might work for a while!


Richard

I think i've fixed the word wrap issue.
ta for the head's up.

geraint


Alex Kowalski wrote:
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> On 7/11/06, *Geraint Lloyd*
<geraintlloyd_qc at yahoo.ca 
> <mailto:geraintlloyd_qc at yahoo.ca>> wrote:
>
>     are you talking about the steel sunroof panel
visible
>     from the outside
>     or the trim panel visible from the inside?
>     the 2 parts have an 'open' relationship.
>
>     It's the inner trim panel, covered in the same
fabric as the
>     headliner, but which flips open when you tilt
the sunroof
>     forward.  The problem is that it doesn't close
all the way when
>     the sunroof is in what you would presume to be
the "fuly closed"
>     position, and it's only on the driver's side
that it doesn't!  So
>     if you turn around in the seat and look at the
panel, you can see
>     a gap that starts on the driver's side of that
panel and gradually
>     decreases to nothing at the passenger side. 
>
>  
> I think I'm going to have to take some pictures and
disassemble it as 
> you describe.  Nothing obvious is causing that panel
to be out of 
> place, but there must be a reason, because when I
bought the car it 
> was in the right place when the sunroof was closed. 
Now it's slightly 
> askew, but even in that condition the sunroof works
normally. 
>  
> Thanks for the advice, I'll take some pictures and
post them on Flickr 
> and let everyone see what I mean.
>  
> Cheers,
> Alex
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