Preparing Body Flange For Fitting; Cleaning Off Excess Adhesive - Volkswagen Tiguan 2016 Workshop Manual

1.6

Preparing body flange for fitting

♦ Cut back residual adhesive sealant to 1 to 2 m shortly before
bonding window back in.
♦ Do not damage primer and paintwork structure when doing
this.
♦ Keep bonding surface free of dirt and grease.
♦ Do not treat bonding surface with activator, glass/paint primer
or cleaning solution immediately after cutting back.
♦ The remaining material is required as a base for better adhe‐
sion of the new adhesive sealing material to be applied.
– Cut back remaining material on body flange with U-shaped
blade - V.A.G 1561/3- , but do not remove completely.
• Exception: if bonding is performed later than one day after
cutting back adhesive bead, the remaining residual material
must be activated with activator .
– Apply activator evenly in one stroke using applicator .
NOTICE
Risk of damage to paintwork from activator.
– Apply activator neatly onto adhesive bead, do not spill.
♦ If the window flange has been repaired or partially renewed,
the area concerned must be cleaned and primed again after
painting.
– Clean metal flange all around using cleaning solution .
– Then rub edge of window dry using a lint-free cloth.
– Apply glass/paint primer evenly in one pass onto paintwork
structure using applicator .
Note
It is possible that a laser weld seam lies outside the area of the
adhesive bead. In this case, the exposed weld seam must be
sealed with glass adhesive before bonding the window.
– If laser weld seam -3- on metal flange -4- is not covered by
existing adhesive bead -1-, coat laser weld seam -3- with
glass/paint primer -3-. Then fill laser weld seam with glass ad‐
hesive -1-.
Touching up paint damage
Paint structure must be restored after damage to the paintwork
according to specifications in the "Paint" workshop manual.
1.7

Cleaning off excess adhesive

– Use adhesive remover - D 002 000. 10- as cleaning agent.
Safety precautions must be observe for all work procedures.
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