Liftgate Weatherstrip Installation And Removal - Jeep 200 Cherokee Service Manual

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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
Fig. 93 Liftgagte Striker
1 – OVERSLAM BUMPER
2 – STRIKER PLATE
3 – STRIKER
4 – SHIM
LIFTGATE WEATHERSTRIP
REMOVAL
(1) Pull the seal away from the flange around the
perimeter of liftgate opening and remove it.
(2) Clean the flange as necessary.
INSTALLATION
(1) Position weatherstrip seal in the opening with
the left end of the seal at the opening centerline.
Install the seal in a clockwise direction.
(2) Move to the left and mate the seal with the
bottom-left flange (Fig. 94).
(3) Move upward and mate the seal with the left-
side flange.
(4) Move to the right and mate the seal with the
top-left roof flange.
(5) Seat the installed part of the seal with a roller.
Move the roller from the left-bottom end of seal to
the top-left half of the seal.
(6) Move to the right and mate the seal with the
top-right roof flange.
(7) Move downward and mate the seal with the
right-side flange.
(8) Move to the left and mate the seal with the
bottom-right flange.
(9) Center and butt seal the ends together at the
centerline.
(10) Seat the remaining part of the seal with a
roller. Move the roller the from top-left half of the
seal to the right-bottom end of the seal.
Fig. 94 Liftgate Weatherstrip Installation
1 – LIFTGATE OPENING
2 – WEATHERSTRIP SEAL
ADJUSTMENTS
HOOD
The hood bolt holes are elongated for fore and aft
and side-to-side adjustment.
(1) If hood is low to the cowl panel, insert shims
between the hinge and hood at the rear hinge bolts.
(2) Adjust the hood bumper (Fig. 95) in or out to
provide proper hood-to-fender height alignment.
(3) Adjust the hood strikers (Fig. 96) with shims
as necessary. Tighten the screws to 22 N·m (16 ft-lbs)
torque after adjustment.
(4) Align each latch and striker so that the striker
enters latch squarely.
DOOR
IN AND OUT—MINOR ADJUSTMENT
(1) Loosen the latch striker.
(2) Tap the latch striker inward if the door charac-
ter line is outboard of the body character line or tap
the latch striker outward if the door character line is
inboard of the body character line.
(3) Inspect alignment. If correct, tighten striker
with 28 N·m (20 ft. lbs.) torque.
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