Accidental sunroof breakage....
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 6:50 pm
Well it seems that despite my best* efforts to maintain* the 406, I've finally broken something.
I put stack of road barriers on the roof ready for Jubilee weekend and figured the weight wouldn't affect the sunroof, which was tilted up at the time - until of course I ratchet strapped down the barriers and put a little bit of strain on the sunroof.
Nevermind, I thought, I'll just close it but to my dismay the sunroof didn't actually close - it just made lots of creaking and groaning, clicking and cracking - and now it seems it's fubared.
Now my sunroof glass just lifts up, it's not held in place by anything, and the metal rods that tie things together no longer do so...
The runners also won't go forwards or backwards, something is jammed and to be honest I've never had a sunroof issue before ( other than the obligatory drain blockages )
So, if anyone has any pictures about what bits are supposed to go where then I would appreciate it - in the meantime I'll see what I can figure out. I'll probably remove the headlining but I'm loathe to go too mad as the MOT is due in a few weeks - pfft.
Cheers in advance.
I put stack of road barriers on the roof ready for Jubilee weekend and figured the weight wouldn't affect the sunroof, which was tilted up at the time - until of course I ratchet strapped down the barriers and put a little bit of strain on the sunroof.
Nevermind, I thought, I'll just close it but to my dismay the sunroof didn't actually close - it just made lots of creaking and groaning, clicking and cracking - and now it seems it's fubared.
Now my sunroof glass just lifts up, it's not held in place by anything, and the metal rods that tie things together no longer do so...
The runners also won't go forwards or backwards, something is jammed and to be honest I've never had a sunroof issue before ( other than the obligatory drain blockages )
So, if anyone has any pictures about what bits are supposed to go where then I would appreciate it - in the meantime I'll see what I can figure out. I'll probably remove the headlining but I'm loathe to go too mad as the MOT is due in a few weeks - pfft.
Cheers in advance.