Re: Sunroof Problems (please help)

["Brad Sayer" <vwrocco85@hotmail.com>]

The bentley has very good instructions for taking a sunroof apart.  If you 
go step by step and follow the directions its really not that hard.  I have 
done 2 now without a problem.

Brad


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1987 16V Scirocco
vwrocco85@hotmail.com



>From: "L. M. Lloyd" <ubik@austin.rr.com>
>To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Sunroof Problems (please help)
>Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 02:50:55 -0500
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>First off, let me say that as mechanical skills go, I am strictly
>amateur class. In fact I have most of my repairs done by a local
>shop, and though I am trying to do more and more myself, I still
>depend quite heavily on a professional mechanic. Unfortunately, the
>mechanic I go to absolutely hates sunroofs, and when I mentioned that
>I was having some problems with the roof on my '88 16v, he suggested
>calking up the sunroof and calling it fixed! So, since I love my
>sunroof, it looks like I am going to have to fix it myself.
>
>Now, on to the problems. The most obvious problem is that the seal
>around the sunroof has rotted out, and needs to be completely
>replaced. In addition to that, the sunroof has become extremely hard
>to retract, and the gears have a tendency to slip with a sound that
>is somewhere between a pop and a crunch. My uneducated guess is that
>the entire assembly needs to be pulled out of the roof, cleaned,
>regreased, rebuilt and reinstalled. This is, to say the least, a
>daunting undertaking for someone with my limited skills, so if anyone
>has an easier fix, or knows of a good resource I can either look at,
>or buy, to help me through this, it would be greatly appreciated!
>
>BTW, to add to the difficulty of all of this, I live in Texas, where
>the weather changes by the hour, so any fix I perform, I am going to
>have to do in a day, lest my interior get sun baked, soaked, or both.
>I don't even know where to start, so any help at all will be a step
>in the right direction.
>
>Thanks everyone.
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>The goal is to overcome the deliberate nature of the process.
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