Adjusting GL-10 sunroof

[BeefaRu]

Hey gang,

 

I put in a new sunroof assembly (why I don't know, I just searched here and learned that glass can be swapped in 10 minutes.)

 

In the new assembly the gasket forming the seal at the front of the window fits in the corners, but sits too low in the middle. I read that shims can help with that, and I can experiment with positioning the window since the mounting holes in the sunroof unit allow some movement.

 

Any other ideas or suggestions? Some posts said you just have to give it a little push up as it closes, but I'd like to not have to do that if possible.

 

Thanks for any input.

 

Eric

 

http://www.solo-act.com/pages/alb_beefaru/index.html

[BeefaRu]

Back inside for a sec. Under the plastic trim covers (once the damn plastic screws are out) and after loosening the mount bolts for the glass, the glass can slide around a little front to back and side to side.

 

I'll stick another shim or two from the other sunroof assembly into the front shim and see how it fits. It seems they come "stock" with three shims on the back and one in the front.

 

Anyone is welcome to jump in on this.

 

-E

[calebz]

Sounds like you have it under control. I have done two of these on EA82s and both times, it was just a matter of getting the right shims in the right places.

[BeefaRu]

Sounds like you have it under control. I have done two of these on EA82s and both times, it was just a matter of getting the right shims in the right places.

Bingo

 

Put extra shims in front, loosened glass mounting nuts, slid the glass around till it was uniform on all sides, then I created a final "shim".

 

At the curve in the front the seal around the window was flush at corners, but didn't come all the way forward. So I approached the rubber window seal from underneath and shimmed some material between it and window. That brought the seal forward a little.

 

Fits good now.

 

--E