Freeing stuck sunroof?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:01 pm

might give it the help it needs to get through the tough bit

JohnnyB · Post by **JohnnyB** » Tue May 24, 2016 1:31 am

Just to close out this thread in case others have a similar problem in future I ended up replacing the sunroof mechanism. The motor was fine but the clutch was fairly worn and all of the mechanics were badly corroded. Once I'd taken the clutch out I could manually open it with a LOT of effort but decided it was easier to replace the whole lot than strip it down any further, I found a replacement on eBay for £50 which was in good nick.

One note to bare in mind - it seems the pre and post facelift parts differ slightly. Mine's a post facelift and I'm fairly sure the replacement came from a pre facelift and my interior light no longer fits

I've had to temporarily pop it in with a bit of hot glue but I'm going to have to recess the sunroof frame slightly to get it to fit properly before the bolts will go back in

You live and learn..!

Post by **indigolemon** » Tue May 24, 2016 11:41 am

JohnnyB wrote:One note to bare in mind - it seems the pre and post facelift parts differ slightly. Mine's a post facelift and I'm fairly sure the replacement came from a pre facelift and my interior light no longer fits I've had to temporarily pop it in with a bit of hot glue but I'm going to have to recess the sunroof frame slightly to get it to fit properly before the bolts will go back in You live and learn..!

JDM vs UKDM I think - JDM having the light in the front with the map reading lights?

JohnnyB · Post by **JohnnyB** » Wed May 25, 2016 1:02 am

Ah could well be, good point. I thought maybe they moved the interior light forwards on post facelift models but hadn't considered the UKDM/JDM possibility... Anyway, there are different sunroof mechanism versions so make sure you get the right one