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Land Rover Discovery Body Repair Manual (1995 on)04 · Chassis and body
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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

  1. Remove the window. See this section.
  2. Remove the passenger grab handle.
  3. Detach the front seat belt top mounting from the door post.
  4. Ease the trim panel away from the door post to Refit gain access to the window hinges.
  5. If fitted push out the glass and remove the mounting rubber.
  6. Remove the rear seat belt top fixing.
  7. Thoroughly clean the opening to be glazed.
  8. Clean the glass and fit the mounting rubber, ensuring that the glass sits correctly in the
Remove remove – Clean the glass and fit the mounting rubber, ensuring that the glass sits correctly in the

groove.

  1. Fit a draw cord around the exterior of the mounting rubber.
  2. To aid assembly, coat the flange in the bodyside with liquid soap.
  3. 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.
  4. 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

  1. Fit the hinges with packing washers fitted to the locations and thickness noted during removal. Do not fully tighten the screws at this stage.
  2. Refit the glass to the hinges.
  3. Locate the window catch trim and secure the catch to the body.
  4. Close the window and secure with the catch.
  5. 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.
  6. Reposition the trim panel and refit the hinge finishers.
  7. Refit the top seat belt bracket and the grab handle.
  8. 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.
  9. Ease the inner section of the mounting rubber over the interior trim panel.

Parts & tools for this job For 1995 Land Rover Discovery

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