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Tightening the sunroof???? by 1986Fiero
Started on: 01-24-2009 10:36 PM
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Report this Post01-24-2009 10:36 PM Click Here to See the Profile for 1986FieroSend a Private Message to 1986FieroDirect Link to This Post
My sunroof leaks very little and I don't know how to tighten it down a little so how do you do that????

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Report this Post01-25-2009 01:45 AM Click Here to See the Profile for mattonearthSend a Private Message to mattonearthDirect Link to This Post
If it leaks it may need to have some drain holes drilled, I haven't done that but others have. If you remove the handle you use to open and close it you should get down to a plate with a spacer behind it. This plate will have oval holes through it so you can move it forward or backwards to change how the glass closes, if you can tighten it by moving it farther back or forward do that. If that still doesn't do it you can cut out another spacer and place it over the other one. I did the last one using a piece of thin cardboard more like cardstock and it tightened it right up, it also prevented it from slamming shut when I would hit a large bump.
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Some how my thread didn't edit correctly.

[This message has been edited by 2farnorth (edited 01-25-2009).]

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Drill your four drain holes and if it still leaks you're going to need a new sunroof gasket. Bein that the Fieros are up there in age my guess it's probably the original gasket so it should be replaced. What is you interior worth to you compared to a gasket?

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Follow buddycraigg's directions in this thread:

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/088765.html
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Originally posted by Daredevil05:

Drill your four drain holes and if it still leaks you're going to need a new sunroof gasket. Bein that the Fieros are up there in age my guess it's probably the original gasket so it should be replaced. What is you interior worth to you compared to a gasket?



If the hinge bolts and the handle bolts that go through the glass, are not leaking, and you install a new gasket properly first, you won't need to drill the "four drain holes".

When the gasket rails are sealed to the roof, then the gasket sealed to the rails, and the gasket seals to the glass, and the hardware is not leaking, ie. the hinge bolts, and the handle/lock bolts, water can't get to where the drain holes would be anyway. Simple as that.

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