[urq] Sunroof not sealing

[Schaible, David]

I had this happen when I first got the car, replaced the felt seal and
cranked it down and the something skipped, I took it apart and realigned
stuff and it was ok....sorry I don't remember much, I just remember
taking the whole thing apart and pulling the cable out manually to line
it up....i used Teflon bike chain lube on the cable mech. And a touch of
grease on the catches and it has worked fine since....although it hasn't
turned to glass like I hoped it would....have to get back to the alchemy




David Schaible
 

 
 
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2981 Rte 22
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ingo Rautenberg [mailto:i.rautenberg at waratap.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:23 PM
To: Brandon Rogers
Cc: Urq List
Subject: Re: [urq] Sunroof not sealing

Same problem here.  If I don't figure it out I'm replacing the whole  
assembly with one I recently removed from a Coupe GT...

On May 2, 2006, at 3:47 PM, Brandon Rogers wrote:

> anyone.... anyone......?  Bueller....Bueller.....
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Brandon Rogers
>   To: Urq List
>   Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:27 AM
>   Subject: Sunroof not sealing
>
>
>   Guys-
>   Recently my sunroof seems to not be sealing well - more wind  
> noise on the highway.  The felt seal is in good shape - its only a  
> few years old.
>
>   So I've popped the sunroof off - first time ever since owning the  
> car (8 yrs now) and last night spent some time trying to just clean  
> off any tracks and pivot points in the pop-up mechanism.  I also  
> took off the cable drive and cleaned it off.
>
>   Coinciding with the wind noise - the crank feels different - as  
> in it would get to its end detente but the roof could still be  
> pushed down slightly from outside/above.  I think the cable drive  
> had skipped on the cable and was not pulling the roof down  
> completely as all the parts seem to be fine.  And the height  
> adjustment screws for the back of the sunroof were maxed out to  
> bring the roof down.  Any pointers on any not so obvious places to  
> clean, things to avoid, etc?  Any recommendation on lube?  And is  
> there a [easy] way to reduce friction of the cable through the guide?
>
>   Thanks!
>
>   Brandon
>   '84 ur
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