Sunroof track replacement

2010 LINCOLN MKZ
79,000 MILES • 3.5L • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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HARBOR1
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"Sunroof"the sunroof track is broken and I wanted to know if there anyway to fix it whiteout taken the headliner down?
Sep 19, 2019 at 11:27 AM
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JIS001
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Hello and welcome to 2CarPros. Are you talking about the cables? If you are then the answer is no. You would need to remove the whole cassette out to replace the cables and that would require dropping the headliner.
Sep 19, 2019 at 9:01 PM
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HARBOR1
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No was not taking about the cable gets the track it it runs on.
Sep 20, 2019 at 6:02 AM
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JIS001
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Can you post a picture? If you are talking about the actual cassette, if there is damage to it then you will need to replace the cassette. The sunroof is like a door window. You have a motor that drives the regulator. The cables are the regulator on the sunroof. If the track it runs on is bad then the whole unit will need replacing and for that the headliner still needs to come down. Sorry to say but there is no short cut when it comes to sunroof repairs.
Sep 20, 2019 at 10:37 PM
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