Reliant Rebel 700 1967, Workshop Manual

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Window regulator mechanism (Figure 1)
To remove
1. Unscrew two 2BA screws and remove both interior
handles complete with escutcheons.
2. Remove two No10 UNF screws and detach the arm rest
from the inner door panel.
3. Beginning at the top, carefully pull back the inner door
casing to reveal the retaining fasteners and release the
inner panel assembly.
4. Unscrew four ¼” UNF set screws, complete with
washers, securing the regulator mechanism to the
backing plate, which can then be removed.
5. Lift the waterproof membrane clear, lower the regulator
mechanism and slide the operating arm to disengage
from the regulator channel. Remove the regulator from
the door.
6. Replace in reverse order, liberally greasing the regulator
channel and regulator spring.
Door lock mechanism (Figure 1)
To remove
1. Remove interior handles and door inner panel as already
described.
2. Remove three cross-head screws, complete with lock
washers securing the remote control mechanism to the
backing plate.
3. Carefully peel back the waterproof membrane, lower
the remote control mechanism and disconnect the lock
to mechanism linkage. Remove the remote control.
4. Unscrew the three 10 UNF countersunk screws, nuts and
washers and withdraw the door lock, complete with
linkage, from the door.
5. If required, remove the retaining clip and rivet and
disconnect the linkage from the door lock.
6. Remove the external door handle by unscrewing the 2
BA and the ¼ BSF set screws and washers.
7. Reassemble in reverse order
8.
After fitting the external handle to the door the plunger
screw should be adjusted to give a clearance of 1.58mm
(0.063 in) between the plunger and lock thrust plate.
Adjustment of door striker plate and dovetail
The door striker should not normally require attention but if this is
necessary then lateral adjustment can be achieved via the
elongated fixing holes in the door pillar. Fore and aft adjustment
requires that dovetail spacer shims be added or removed behind
the striker plate.
1. Slacken the four ¼” UNF striker plate and dovetail fixing
screws.
2. Adjust the door until flush with the bodywork and
tighten the screws.
3. Carefully open the door and check that the wheel of the
door lock makes a good seating on the dovetail. If
spacers must be added or deleted, it will be necessary to
completely remove the striker plat to do so. The rear of
this is accessible after removing a large rubber
grommet. Take extreme care not to allow the backing
plate to drop into the body as the base of the body shell
is sealed on Estate and Van models so retrieving it will
be very difficult.
4. Re-adjust the door accordingly.
To remove the window frame and glass (Figure 1)
1. Remove interior handles and door inner panel as already
described.
2. Remove three No 10 UNF screws and lower remote
control mechanism to facilitate access to quarter light
fixings.
3. Unscrew the two countersunk screws, nuts and washers
securing the quarter light to the door.
4.
Remove two ¼” UNF nuts, complete with lock washers
and plain washers, securing the quarter light to the front
top face of the door.
5. Peel back the front window channel felt and remove the
single countersunk screw, nut, lock washer and plain
washer.
6. Peel back the rear window channel felt and remove two
countersunk screws complete with nuts, lock washers
and plain washers securing the channel to the rear door
face.
7. Push the window channel felt back into position.
8. Drill out four rivets fixing the silent channel carrier strip
to the inside of the door and remove the carrier in an
outward and upward direction.
9. Withdraw the window frame complete from the door.
10. Raise the window and slide to disengage the operating
arm from the regulator channel, then lift the glass clear
from the door.
11. Reassemble in reverse order.
Removing silent channels
1. Remove interior handles and door inner panel as already
described.
2. Unscrew the No 10 UNF set screw, nut and washers and
remove the lower drop glass stop.
3. Using the winder handle, carefully wind the glass down
below the frame to enable access to the silent channel
securing rivets.
4. Drill out five silent channel fixing rivets to enable
removal of the inner silent channel. The channel is
removable from the carrier strip after releasing seven
retaining clips.
5. Drill out four rivets and remove the outer silent channel.
6. Replace in reverse order.