Lotus Elise S1 Service Notes page 63

Lotus Service Notes Section BN
Check that a metal gauze friction washer is fitted between the eccentric stop and the toothed sector
before checking the glass position:
Erect the soft top roof and raise the door glass to assess the fit of the glass against the roof and 'A/
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post seals.
If necessary, adjust the eccentric upstop and the reaction channel fixing position and/or the glass
guide channels (see below) to achieve a light contact between the whole of the glass edge and the
seals.
Door glass guide channels
The front guide channel is secured by two screws through the bottom face of the door shell into captive
spring steel nuts on the channel bottom flanges, and by a single countersunk screw at the top end into a captive
M5 nut in the mirror mount area. This top screw is covered by the guide channel insert ('silent channel'). Note
that the front guide channel is positioned in the door during manufacture, and cannot readily be removed. Any
adjustments to door glass inward tilt can be accommodated by moving the lower end of the rail as required.
'Cheater' seal
Guide
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top
Front channel lower fixing
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