You don't have to totally remove the frame to get the rear glass out. Just drop the frame down, and take the glass out through the top opening. You actually don't even need to completely loosen the entire frame, if you're not afraid to let it bend a bit in the cab when you loosen the rear. (and I'm not, lol) I've done dozens of rear glasses this way.

Far as the shade, I don't remove the track at all. I do them in the truck. Remove the front glass. Start to open the glass, which drops the arms down a bit and stop it right there. Loosen the rear glass and scoot it as far forward as it'll go. The dropping of the arms gives it a bit more room. Then the opening in the rear is just big enough for me to stand up in it. (and I'm 6'4" and not skinny, so if you're smaller it's even easier) I then remove the shade and replace it from there...there's just enough room to do it.

The catch is, it helps to have done it before, so you know how it's supposed to go in and out, because the access is tight. But to me, it beats dropping the track. You could, I suppose, drop it down a bit in the rear and still do it more or less the same way without totally removing the track/frame assy.

But I don't drop the headliner or remove the rear glass just to do a shade. 30-40 minutes or so, give or take, to do that job that way. For the first timer, I still suggest removing the track, but for anyone looking for a quicker way, that's how I do it.

 

thanks for the quick reply , I had the sunroof, headliner and sunshade replaced under warranty, over 6 months back and forth with the dealer ( this is another story ) anyways don’t use the truck much , 5 months goes by ( 7000km) go to open the sunroof NOT vent and the cable for the sun shade gets piled up in the glass track because it’s come out . Get ahold of the dealer in October 2024 I’m now off my bumper to bumper get told ford will cover 60% but the bull is still almost $2000 I want to try to fix this the easiest way possible. Here’s some photos for reference the cable track/ pipe has come up clipped and the end ( tail ) of the cable has come out of the track .

I think I can remove the rear glass , or slide it forward like you said . Drop the sunshade motor. Slide the shade closed and pop the pipe/tube cable guide. Or what ever you want to call it , back into place.

 

How far forward can you slide the rear glass ?

when I’m done I assume just re- initialize the motors ?

 

Well like I said, I'm a big guy, and there's enough room for me to stand up in there and do my work. But I'm not going to tell you it's not snug LOL.

yes when you're done just reinitialize.

 

sounds good , well I will give it a shot , I’m hoping that I should be able to snap the cable pipe back into place working from the roof top outside once the shade is closed .

This thing has been apart in one form or another about 7 times by the dealer I have no clue how the pipe/ guide became un snapped.

have you run into this before. ?

 

are you talking about the gray tube?

 

Ya , mine became un-clipped

you can see from the photos the gray pipe came unclipped it should be snapped into the sunroof frame

 

I have not been loose occasionally but I just popped them back in while I have it out. I've never seen one come loose in the truck

 

I don’t think that it got put back into place . I used an inspection camera to have a look up in there.

when the shade is closed I would be able snap the pipe in. And then the cable would slide into the track properly . You physically can’t touch the pipe when the shade is closed.


When the shade was opened instead of the cable tail travelling in the track it was going into the drip tray or side gutter portion of the frame.

i can see the frame is not broken where the pipe clips in ( it’s only plastic) I circled the above photo in red

 

well I was able to tackle the sun shade here are a few picture I thought I would share. I was able to drop the headliner from the B pillars back, removed the coat hooks dropped/ loosened the shade motor. Slide the rear glass forward after opening the moving/front glass about an inch. I was then able to close the shade manually about half way so I could clip the pipe back in.