Sunroof help required.

[KiwiJohn]

Went to close the sunroof....Yes it is summer here
Loud BANG!....followed by a slow closing of the roof...assisted with some
gentle help by hand...finally ending with it closed.
But with one side at the back sitting very low.

Any suggestions as to what may have happened?
I would like to be prepared with parts on hand before I look further.

[RSBob]

Ordinarily I would say a cable snapped, but I have never heard one fail with a bang.

Interesting picture, what is it?

[Concestor0]

You were probably attacked by a Kea parrot




Seriously, when I bought mine last year one of the sunroof cables has probably broken. I fixed mine by re-attaching it at the slider on the sunroof rail by re-crimping. so far so good.

[KiwiJohn]

Originally Posted by RSBob

Interesting picture, what is it?

Good call Rick.
It is the sunroof though....but with the artistic reflection of the
raised garage door added, just to confuse.

[RSBob]

Originally Posted by KiwiJohn

Good call Rick.
It is the sunroof though....but with the artistic reflection of the
raised garage door added, just to confuse.

Considering I had general anesthesia today, I was a easy mark. So what is the thing on the upper right of the frame with the pink, blue, and yellow with white and dots? Talk about easily confused... Maybe it's because everything spins the opposite direction in your world and you never even notice. Otherwise called the reverse vortex of obfuscation.

If you do need a new cable I found a used one in good nick (condition) rather inexpensively at http://www.dcauto.com/

[wasserkuhl]

You are best to start by removing the sunroof.

There is a very good re-furb section in our Hosts 101 Projects book, It looks to me that possibly the mounts that connect the cables to the roof itself have failed as they were a combination of plastic and metal.

I would recommend doing a full refurb as per the 101 Projects article describes. It is very easy to do but you have to be methodical and follow instructions!

If you have any queries PM me and I can guide answer if you like.

We antipodeans need to stick together.....