Removing
To remove the rear door, perform the following steps.
1. Disconnect a wire from the negative plug of the storage battery.
2. Remove an upholstery of a back door.
3. Remove the rear fog lamp.
4. Remove the rear door lock.
5. Remove the license plate light.
Pic. 17.23. Tailgate of hatchback vehicles: a - lubrication points; 1 - gas-filled rack; 2 – a loop of a back door; 3 - upper damper; 4 – a back door in gathering; 5 – an overlay of a back license plate; 6 - buffer; 7 - nut (8.4 Nm); 8 - bolt (12 Nm); 9 – a sealant of a back door; 10 - lower damper; 11 – a latch of the lock of a back door; 12 - bolt (8 Nm); 13 - bolt (14 Nm);14 - connector
6. Turn away four nuts and remove an overlay 5 (pic. 17.23) rear license plate (vehicles from 1999).
7. Disconnect the electrical connector 14.
8. Turn away hinges and remove a gas-filled rack 1.
Attention! Do not attempt to disassemble the gas-filled rack or incinerate it.
Attention! Before sending the gas-filled rack for recycling, drill a hole in it to release the gas.
9. Remove two bolts on each hinge (assistants at this time support the door) and remove the rear door 4 as an assembly.
10. Remove a back upholstery of a directing roof.
11. Turn away on two nuts of fastening of each hinge and remove hinges 2 of a back door.
12. Turn out and remove the buffer 6.
13. Turn away two bolts and remove the top dampers 3.
14. Remove two bolts each and remove the lower dampers 10.
15. Remove the rear shelf.
16. Turn away two bolts and remove a clamp 11 of the lock of a back door.
17. Remove the seal 9 of the rear door.
Installation
Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal, taking into account the following.
1. Install the rear door seal so that the marking is in the middle of the body opening.
Pic. 17.24. Gap adjustment around the perimeter of the rear door: 1 – a loop of a back door; 2 - rubber buffer
2. Install the door, close and check its position in relation to adjacent surfaces. Adjust the position of the rear door so that when the door is closed, the clearance around the perimeter is the same on all sides. To adjust, loosen the hinge bolts and, moving the doors, adjust their position (fig 17.24).
To adjust the rear of the door in height, screw in or out the rubber buffers.
Pic. 17.25. Correct rear door buffer installation: A = 18 mm; 1 - rubber buffer; 2 – the panel of a back door
3. Install the buffer so that distance A (pic. 17.25) to the rear door panel was 18 mm.
4. Install and adjust the rear door latch.