Front Door Glass: Adjustment

NOTE: Before adjustment, ensure that all adjusting bolts of stabilizer, upper stopper and sash are loose and door glass rises until it makes contact with the weather strip.

Temporarily tighten the adjusting bolt on one side of the rear sash, at the midpoint of the slotted hole in the inner panel.
Temporarily tighten the regulator B channel at the top position of slotted hole.
Lower the door glass 10-15 mm (0.39 - 0.59 in) from fully closed position. While applying an outward pressure (F) of 45.0+5.0 N (4.5i0.5 kgf, 9.9±1.1 lb) to the upper edge of the glass above the midpoint of the two outer stabilizers, press the inner stabilizer to the glass at a pressure of 25±5 N (2.5d0.5 kgf, 5.5±1.1 lb) to secure it.

Fig 1: Identifying Door Dimension
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To adjust the clearance between front glass and center pillar cover, loosen nuts (A), and move the glass sash back and forth until the 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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To adjust the upper end and lower end of the center pillar, loosen the stopper bolt (A) or nut (B) securing the door sash (front, rear), and move the stopper position until the clearance between center pillar cover is equal.

Fig 4: Identifying Stopper Bolt
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Fig 5: Identifying Center Pillar Nut
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CAUTION: Measure the clearance between center pillar at 50 mm (1.969 in) from upper end of window glass.

Fig 6: Identifying Clearance Between Center Pillar From Upper End Of Window Glass
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Adjust so that the upper and lower ends of the center pillar are the same size.

Fig 7: Adjusting Upper And Lower Ends Of Center Pillar
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After adjusting the clearance between the center pillar, raise and lower the glass several times to check glass contact to the stopper when the glass is fully closed. Adjust the center pillar clearance to contact the front and rear stopper simultaneously.

Fig 8: Adjusting Center Pillar Clearance To Contact Front And Rear Stopper
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For glass stroke adjustment, attach special tool to the glass, close door, and raise the glass to the top edge using regulator until positional relationship between glass and weather strip becomes as shown. And secure the glass so that the upper stopper touches the glass holder without fail.
ST 61299AE000 SPACER (Glass thickness: 5 mm (0.197 in) for front door glass)

Fig 9: Adjusting Glass Stroke Attaching Special Tool To Glass, Close Door
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For preventing wind noise, adjust the glass at the position where the tip of the gusset is raised up slightly.

Fig 10: Identifying Cross-Section Dimension Of Glass
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After stabilizer adjustment, carry out glass cohesion adjustment. First, visually ensure the positional relationship between the retainer & molding and the glass of the roof side, then start the rear sash adjustment. Attach the ST to the glass and 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.
ST 61299AE000 SPACER (Glass thickness: 5 mm (0.197 in) for front door glass)

Fig 11: Adjustment Of Adjusting Bolts Of Rear Sash
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NOTE: Do not tilt the sash bracket to inner panel during adjustment. If tilting, the regulator does not operate smoothly.

Fig 12: Identifying Inner Panel Adjustment Of Sash Panel
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Make adjustment of front sash in the same manner as that of rear sash.
NOTE: 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 re-suit in applying excessive load against regulator.
After adjustments, tighten the nuts.
After adjustment of the glass, close the door. If there is a gap between outer lip of gusset and glass surface, adjust the gap by adjusting bolt (A) at the attachment hardware at the lower side of the gusset to prevent generation of wind noise.
During adjustment, loosen the other three clamping bolts.

Fig 13: Locating Adjusting Bolts
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After adjustment, tighten the bolts and nuts.