Avant cars
Removal and installation
1. Remove an upholstery of a back folding door.
2. Disconnect the plugs, the hose of the central lock and the hose of the rear window washer jet.
3. Open the flip door and prop it up so it doesn't close.
4. Disconnect the gas-filled shock absorber from the hinged door.
5. Turn out bolts of fastening of hinges of a door. Ask two assistants to hold the door while doing this.
When installing, replace the seals between the hinge and the door.
6. Adjust the mounting buffers on the hinged door so that when the lid is closed, a distance of 2-4 mm is maintained between the buffer and the body.
Tailgate handle - removal and installation
7. Remove an upholstery of a door.
8. Disconnect all connecting drafts of the handle.
9. Remove the two hex bolts with washer.
10. Disconnect the handle.
When installing, insert the handle into the rectangular hole at the bottom of the tailgate, operating from the trunk, so that it is centered and runs parallel. The stop with the gasket must rest against the bottom of the door.
11. Turn the handle so that the through-holes for its fixing screws are aligned with the fixing holes on the bottom of the door.
12. Fasten the handle with bolts and washer, tightening them to a torque of 10 Nm.
13. Connect the rods and correct their length. To adjust the connecting rod to the lock switch, move the lock opening lever in the switch to the position «Open».
14. Press back the lever for moving the rods in the middle of the connecting rod so that the halves of the rod go into one another. In this position, connect the threaded couplings on the halves of the rods and fix the rods with the shift lever.
Hinged door locks - removal and installation
15. Remove the door upholstery and disconnect the lock rods (see illustration).
16. Turn away on two six-sided nuts in a cavity of a door from each lock.
17. Remove the lock, having submitted it to salon.
18. Install and center the lock and secure it with nuts without tightening them.
19. Loosen the lock retainer on the body.
20. Close the door.
21. Operating from the trunk, install a 3 mm thick spacer plate between the lock and the latch (see illustration).
22. Close the lock and align the rear door. The gap between the top edge of the bumper and the bottom edge of the tailgate should be 6.5-7.5 mm.
23. Tighten the lock hex nuts.
24. Remove spacer plate.
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