W124 Sunroof arm broken

[horatio]

Have an odd problem with my W124 saloon sunroof. Basically one side won't fully shut, with it tilted up I can just about see a black plastic arm which looks like its snapped.

The motor appears to work fine- it tilts up ok and slides back a little until it jams.

Hardly life or death but bloody irritating in a crosswind or at 60mph+ with it flapping around & draughty!

Anyone have any knowledge of this problem?

Thanks

 

[BillyW124]

Not sure exactly sure of the issue, but i do have a sunroof cassete taken out of a 124 if it of any use to you should you want to replace down the line perhaps? Its in fully working order.

Weigh up labour costs to fix your roof over a straight replacement.

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/classifieds-general-sale/124851-more-w124-bits.html

Cheers

Billy

 

[GP801]

I know the bracket you mean but not sure what its called. We had a problem with our sunroof and got these people to repair it Surrey Sunroofs Limited - Sunroof Installation, Servicing and Repairs. Cost £55 for labour. Very professional service. It was just a rubber grommet that had disintegrated and blocked the mechanism. After hearing lots of horror stories about how difficult 124 sunroofs are to repair I was very pleasantly surprised. They seemed to think they were pretty easy to work on.

 

[horatio]

Very close as well, thanks.

I'm pretty sure this is the part I need replaced

124 780 0512 O: SLIDE ANGLE LEFT for Mercedes




Not keen on changing the entire cassette tbh, thanks though.

 

[cooks]

hi horatio,iv gone on the web site but i cant find a contact for them can you help please as i am after the same part for my W124..07930393930 cooks. thank

 

[horatio]

Hi I sold the car before getting around to it but John Haynes in Worthing were able to order the part in & reckoned they could fit it comfortably within 2hrs so not that much of a nightmare... good luck

 

[neilrr]

I've got these brackets from cars I've broken.

If you are interested PM me an email address & I'll send you pics & further details.