Lotus Elise Service Notes page 62

Lotus Service Notes
Section TDL
To replace door window glass
1. Remove the trim panel around the interior release handle: Remove the two screws in the front edge of the
finisher, and unhook the finisher from the handle and door shell.
2. Release the three screws securing the interior release handle, and unclip the control rod from the mecha-
nism.
3. Remove the door trim panel: Unclip the cap from the window winder handle, release the retaining screw
and withdraw the handle. Release the seven fixing screws, and remove the door trim panel.
4. Release the three M6 nuts securing the door glass to the lift channel, and separate the glass from the
channel.
5. Do not attempt to withdraw the glass from the door without first removing the door glass inner waist seal,
or damage to one or both waist seals will result. With the door glass lowered clear of the waist seals,
carefully pull the inner seal off the horizontal flange.
6. Slide the door glass upwards and out of the door.
Refit in reverse order to removal.
Note that new door glasses are supplied complete with the stud carriers bonded to the lower edge, but if
a carrier should become loose or detached, the old adhesive should be cleaned off, the bonding surfaces
cleaned with Betaclean 3900 (A100B6008), and the following products used to rebond the carrier, following the
adhesive manufacturer's instructions:
Permabond Initiator INI 5 A000Z0043F
Permabond Flexon F246 B089B6125V
When re-bonding, ensure that the studs align with the holes in the carrier channel and leave to cure
overnight before re-assembling. Note that some penetrant lubricants (e.g. WD40) have a detrimental effect on
the bonding medium, and should be used only with discretion.
To replace door winder mechanism
1. Remove the door trim panel: Unclip the cap from the window winder handle, release the retaining screw
and withdraw the handle. Release the seven fixing screws, and remove the door trim panel.
2. Remove the interior release control rod for improved access: Unclip the control rod from the interior
release handie, and unhook from the latch mechanism.
3. Tape the door glass in the fully raised position, then remove the three fixings securing the lift mechanism
to the door shell:
two fixings adjacent to the winder spindle;
one fixing through the static pivot of the primary scissor arm.
4. Maneouvre the mechanism to free the winder spindle from the door, and to disengage the upper sliding
bosses of the scissor arms from the window lift channel, and the lower sliding boss of the secondary arm
from the static reaction channel.
5. Withdraw the mechanism from the door.
6. Before fitting a lift mechanism, lubricate the three slider bosses and the sector teeth with Century Luplex
M2 grease (or similar). Fit the mechanism into the door and engage the three slider bosses in their lift
and reaction channels before securing with the three fixing screws. Note that a single M6 spacer washer
is used between the pivot of the primary scissor arm and the door shell.
7. An eccentric stop is fitted to the top end of the toothed sector to limit the upward travel of the glass, and
slotted fixing holes for the reaction channel allow for some adjustment to the top edge tilt to be made.
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