Sunroof Fix: Most of our Sunroofs fail due to old grease. Here is mine on my 83 928S. All parts were fine but just needed a good cleaning and some lube. I used Silicone Lube Spray.
This past Saturday I got the motivation to fix my Sunroof. It never worked properly since I bought the car. It was kinda open but trying to close it with the switch became impossible. I ended up having to use the little rubber motor clutch and spin it manually about 1000 times to get it to move 1/4".
Anyways took mega pics (of course) to show you how I successfully got my Sunroof to operate 100% and very smoothly.
The Instructions from this website got me motivated and helped a lot in getting me started in the right direction.
Sunroof
Open the Sunroof 3/4 of the way.
Here are where the 3 screws a relocated (this holds the inner cover on)
The 3 Screws (Manny, Moe and Jack)
This is what those 3 screws connect to.
This the Sunroof Tranny (as I call it) that connects to the Motor which on the other side of the screw pictured turns a gear that moves the toothed cable (which is inside a guide tube). That's a serious run-on sentence there boys and girls! The top arrow points to the electrical plug to the motor. I actually removed the Tranny and pushed the switch to make sure my Motor was nice and strong (which it was)
These are the Four 8mm bolts that hold the Sunroof on. You'll find four more bolts on the opposite site.
Eight bolts removed and sunroof removed and off.
This is the Track you want to make sure is nice and clean. I used lots of Simple Green to get this nice and clean.
