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SeALTHe deAL

[tech tips]

A 2007–2010 Jeep® Wrangler (JK) mopar® o.e. replacement door is e-coated and then shipped from the factory without door sealant. The door must be sealed properly in order to prevent water leaks into the vehicle and corrosion.

4-step pROcessThe door-sealing procedure is a 4-step process. be sure to have the following products available: 3M 08984 General Purpose Adhesive Cleaner (or equivalent), Fusor 129 Controlled Flow Seam Sealer and a LORD Fusor 301 Manual Dispensing Gun.

1. clean the seam sealer application area with 3M 08984 General Purpose Adhesive Cleaner or equivalent.

2. Abrade the application area with a scuff pad and assure no bare metal has been exposed.

NOte: if bare metal has been exposed corrosion protection must be applied per paint manufacturers recommendations and abraded with a scuff pad prior to applying seam sealer.

3. Apply Fusor 129 Controlled Flow Seam Sealer, or equivalent, per manufacturer’s recommendations.

• 360-degrees of hem flange as identified in illustrations (green line in Figure 1 and Figure 2)

• Outer weather-strip channel (upper and lower) to the inner door panel as indentified in illustrations (red line in Figure 1 and Figure 2)

4. Sealer must completely fill in gap between lower/upper weather-strip channel and inner-door panel at top of the lower weather-strip channels as shown in Figure 3. n

SeALinG A moPAr® rePLAcemenT door on A JeeP® WrAnGLer or WrAnGer UnLimiTed iS mAndATorY. For THe ProcedUre, reAd on.

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iNFORMAtiON is JUst A cLicK AWAY

cut your cycle time and improve your repair quality with oem repair procedures. view this procedure and others at MoparRepairconnection.com. You can also link to MoparRepairconnection.com through www.OeM1stop.com.

FiGURe 1—LeFt FRONt DOOR1. heM FLANGe seAM seALeR2. WeAtheR-stRip chANNeL seAM seALeR3. WeAtheR-stRip chANNeL

FiGURe 2—RiGht ReAR DOOR1. heM FLANGe

seAM seALeR2. WeAtheR-stRip chANNeL

seAM seALeR3. WeAtheR-stRip chANNeL

FiGURe 3—WeAtheR-stRip chANNeL (LeFt ReAR DOOR shOWN)

LORD FUsOR 301 MANUAL DispeNsiNG GUN

FUsOR 129 cONtROLLeD FLOW seAM seALeR