Body side window hinges rear side fixed windows
- Make
- Land Rover
- Model
- Discovery Body Repair Manual
- Year
- 1995 on
- Section
- Repair › Body side window hinges rear side fixed windows
Chassis and bodyBody side window hinges rear side fixed windows
BODY SIDE WINDOW HINGES REAR SIDE FIXED WINDOWS
Service repair no - 76.81.47 Service repair no - 76.81.18
Remove Remove
- Remove the window. See this section.
- Remove the passenger grab handle.
- Detach the front seat belt top mounting from the door post.
- Ease the trim panel away from the door post to Refit gain access to the window hinges.
- If fitted push out the glass and remove the mounting rubber.
- Remove the rear seat belt top fixing.
- Thoroughly clean the opening to be glazed.
- Clean the glass and fit the mounting rubber, ensuring that the glass sits correctly in the
groove.
- Fit a draw cord around the exterior of the mounting rubber.
- To aid assembly, coat the flange in the bodyside with liquid soap.
- Position the assembled glass and rubber mounting to the opening in the body, with the tails of the draw cord fed into the interior of the vehicle.
- Remove the screws securing the window hinges, taking care not to lose the the packing washers where fitted. Note the thickness and location of any packing washers fitted.
Refit
- Fit the hinges with packing washers fitted to the locations and thickness noted during removal. Do not fully tighten the screws at this stage.
- Refit the glass to the hinges.
- Locate the window catch trim and secure the catch to the body.
- Close the window and secure with the catch.
- Check the alignment and squareness of the glass, adjust as necessary by adding or deleting washers and using the elongated slots in the hinges for adjustment, finally tighten the screws.
- Reposition the trim panel and refit the hinge finishers.
- Refit the top seat belt bracket and the grab handle.
- With assistance from a second operator, pushing the glass and mounting rubber into the opening, pull the draw cord from the mounting rubber enabling the seal to ride up over the retaining flange.
- Ease the inner section of the mounting rubber over the interior trim panel.
Parts & tools for this job For 1995 Land Rover Discovery
- TOOLTrim removal tool kitSearch: trim removal tool kit
- PARTTouch-up paintSearch: Land Rover touch up paint
- PARTPanel clip assortmentSearch: Land Rover panel clips assortment
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