Sun roof parts

[haygood at myway.com (Brian Haygood)]

This is as good a time as any...



I have three Mk2's and all have had trouble with the sunroof.  The first was just really hard to slide back, the others were broken.  The solution is "dirt" simple.  If your sunroof doesn't roll back as easily as your windows roll down, then pull out the assembly, clean it, and put it back in.  If you or your PO haven't done this in time, then yours is broken.  Clean it now, or your replacement parts will break.



Now, if you don't want to pull your sunroof, just slide the roof back and clean the gunk off that you can get to.  This will get 80% of it and probably keep you from breaking it.  



To really clean it, Bentley has great info on how to do it all.  Call me or e-mail if you need any advice.  Bentley makes it sound much more difficult than it is, particularly with their "62mm +- 0.5mm" bull.  Just make sure the distance they mention is the same on each side. There is a good tollerance on where they are, as long as the two guides are parrallel. You'll understand if you read the stuff about sunroofs.  I did replace two screws on one that I had trouble removing, but the dealership only wanted like $0.47 for each, so who cares.  The 4 vertical screws holding the front of the panel are the hardest.  Get someone to put a lot of weight on the top of the panel so you can push against them.  Then put a little torque on your screwdriver while tapping it with a hammer (i.e. torque wrench style).  They are easy to drill out, too, but you shouldn't need to.















 --- On Sat 08/19, John Lagnese < jlagnese@massed.net > wrote:

From: John Lagnese [mailto: jlagnese@massed.net]

To: julie@menloparkrandd.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org

Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 21:18:26 -0400

Subject: RE: Sun roof parts



I'm sure. Send me a picture and a part number.<br>John<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: julie@menloparkrandd.com [mailto:julie@menloparkrandd.com] <br>Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 8:15 PM<br>To: Org, Scirocco<br>Subject: Sun roof parts<br><br>A metal rail piece broke on my roof. Its screwed on to the upper panel<br>on the DS and runs towards the front of the car.<br>Anyone got this part?<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Scirocco-l mailing list<br>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Scirocco-l mailing list<br>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<br>

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