Audi Q3: Inner Window Shaft Strip, Removing and Installing

Removing

- Remove the front window frame trim panel. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Front Door Trim; Window Frame Trim Removing and Installing.

- Remove the window shaft strip -1- upward -arrows-.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

- Place the inner window shaft strip -1- on both ends on the window guide -2--arrow- and press to the center of the door fold.

- Install the front window frame trim panel. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Front Door Trim; Window Frame Trim Removing and Installing.

Outer 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.

Removing

- Lower the door window.

- Remove the door trim panel. Refer to → Body Interior; Rep. Gr.70; Front Door Panels; Front Door Panel, Removing and Installing.

- Remove the mirror adjustment unit bracket. Refer to → Chapter "Mirror Adjusting Unit Mount, Removing and Installing".

- Remove the inner window shaft strip. Refer to → Chapter "Inner Window Shaft Strip, Removing and Installing".

- 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 installed 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.

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 B-pillar trim 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-.

- Install the inner window shaft strip. Refer to → Chapter "Inner Window Shaft Strip, Removing and Installing".

- Install the mirror adjustment unit mount. Refer to → Chapter "Mirror Adjusting Unit Mount, Removing and Installing".

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