Sunroof Adjustment
Since I bought the shark I have had problems with the sunroof
scratching and not quite sealing properly.
It was both not sitting up far enough to seal from the rain and not
coming down far enough to clear the roof properly when opened ending
in harsh scratching of the paint on the sunroof panel.
A perplexing problem to say the least as I figured any adjustment
to raise the panel to ensure a weather seal would surely make the
scratching problem worse.
I finally found out how it really works and how easy it is to
adjust.
This link http://homepages.apci.net/~slyjay/Page6.html
has this brief response from Philip Eskildsen to my exact problem
detailing how easy it is to fix in a matter of minutes.
From: Philip
Eskildsen
I had the same problem. The roof panel has full
adjustment at all four corners for position both height and
location.
Open roof all the way.
- The inner leather panel is held in by a trim
strip that is now exposed. Remove 3 (or was it four) screws that
hold the strip, pull strip off and leather panel forward and
out.
- Close roof all the way.
- Get into car, look up and see the four
adjustment screws for height/levelling. (for/aft location is via
shimmed screws)
- Adjust level of roof so that it is at or
slightly below level of surrounding body.
- Check function to make sure it doesn't rub
when opened or closed.
- Reopen roof, replace leather inner panel and
hold-down strip.
- Touch-up and rub out scratches.
Good luck. I did this and no more scratches!
It turns out that when the panel is adjusted up and tight in that
position the sunroof rails have enough pull to bring in down far
enough to clear properly when opening. Sounds weird but when you see
the mechanism when the leather panel is removed it is easy to see why
it works like that.
If you are just beginning to see minor scratches on the sunroof
attend to it now - 20 minutes is all it took from start to finish.
Much better that ending up with the level of scratching that I have on
my sunroof panel.
Just as well it was a sunny day at the Flemington Concours and I
was able to leave the sunroof open during the judging :-)
Anyway, I hope that this may assist anybody else with a similar
problem.
Regards Rick H.
86 Meteor Metallic Auto - Melbourne
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