Audi A6 Typ 4G: Window Guide, Removing and Installing
![Window Guide, Removing and Installing](images/books/245/A58-10272.png)
1 - Window Guide
- Removing
- Remove the door trim panel and window frame trim panel. Refer to
→ Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Rear Door Trim Panels; Window Frame Trim
Panel, Removing and Installing.
- Remove the C-pillar trim. Refer to
→ Chapter "Overview - Rear Door Window Shaft Strip, B-Pillar Trim".
- The door window is removed. Refer to
→ Chapter "Rear Door Window, Removing and Installing".
- Unhook the window guide on the bottom of the window frame from the
flange.
- Remove the window guide on the B-pillar (self-adhesive).
- Remove the window guide from the B-pillar trim and unclip it (4x) on
the C-pillar.
- Remove the inner window shaft strip from the door flange.
- Remove the window guide on the B-pillar and on the C-pillar from the
door.
- Remove the window guide from the door.
- Installing
- For easier installation, coat window guide with a soap solution.
- Position the window guide at the top of the B-pillar and then push it to
the rear into the guide with the clip.
- When doing this, the molded piece must contact the door.
- Press the window guide on the window frame and clip it to the
C-pillar.
- Install the trim on the B-pillar and on the C-pillar and push it
into the window guide.
- Press the window shaft strip back on.
Caution
The adhesive surface must be free of dust and grease.
- Clean the adhesive surface on the door with Cleaning Solution -D 009
401 04-.
- Tape the sealing profile for the window guide to the B-pillar with
two-sided adhesive tape.
2 - Door
3 - C-Pillar Seal
4 - B-Pillar Seal
Install the Guide
- Push the guide and the clip -1-
onto the top of the B-pillar -arrow-
as illustrated.
![A58-10230](images/books/245/A58-10230.png)
Window Shaft Strip, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
- Window Slot Seal Tool -T40219-
Window Slot Seal Tool -T40219- preparing:
- To remove the window shaft strip, pull the Window Slot Seal
Tool -T40219- carefully at the marked location
-arrow- so that it can be inserted
behind the strip.
![A66-10641](images/books/245/A66-10641.png)
Removing
- Lower the door window.
- Remove the window frame trim panel. Refer to
→ Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Rear Door Trim Panels; Window Frame
Trim Panel, Removing and Installing.
- Remove the inner window shaft strip from the door shell.
- Insert the Window Slot Seal Tool -T40219- next to the guide-4-
for the window shaft strip -3- and
hold it on the strip -2-.
- The front section -1- of the
Window Slot Seal Tool -T40219- must be positioned as
illustrated.
- Push the Window Slot Seal Tool -T40219- gently in direction
of -arrow- to release it.
- The retaining strip must audibly unlock.
- Remove the window shaft strip upward from the door flange
using the Window Slot Seal Tool -T40219-.
- Remove the window shaft strip.
![A66-10676](images/books/245/A66-10676.png)
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:
Note
When installing, the lower edge of the window shaft strip
can be coated with tire mounting paste.
- Position the window shaft strip -1-
on the door fold and press on it evenly
-arrows A-. When doing this, the strip
-2- must audibly engage.
- The retaining strip must fit -arrow-
under the retaining plate -3-.
![A66-10695](images/books/245/A66-10695.png)
Special Tools
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
![W00-0202](images/books/245/W00-0202.png)
- Gauge - Gap Adjustment -3371-
![W00-11140](images/books/245/W00-11140.png)
- Pry Lever -80 -200 -
- Front and Rear Door Template -T40038/8-
![W00-11156](images/books/245/W00-11156.png)
- Front and Rear Door Template -T40038 /14- and for Avant
models the Rear Door Template -T40038 /15-.
![A58-10338](images/books/245/A58-10338.png)
- Adhesive Strip Remover -VAS6349-
![W00-10390](images/books/245/W00-10390.png)
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Overview - Sunroof
1 - Sliding Headliner
Only for vehicles with glass panel
Remove sunroof panel before removing.
Removing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Sun Shade, Removing and Installi
Sunroof Panel, Removing and Installing
Procedure
- Remove the bellow laterally from the sunroof panel and the
frame.
- Remove the screws -arrows- on
both side and remove the sunroof panel.
SEE MORE:
Roof Reinforcement, Attaching to Body, Sedan without Sunroof
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
For the correct assembly adhesive. Refer to the Parts Catalog.
Procedure
- Remove the headliner and lay it on the seats, do not remove
the windshield. Refer to
→ Chapter "Head
Overview - Suspension Strut, Shock Absorber and Spring, Coil Spring
1 - Wheel Bearing Housing
2 - Stone Chip Protection
3 - Lower Spring Plate
Note the installed position. Refer to
→ Fig. "Lower Spring Plate Installed Position".
4 - Coil Spring