Re: [DML] Window off track...worst job yet to fix

[kjc <ckevinj@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think you are seeing the decay in the plastic guides on the bottom
of the window piece.
No one else has commented on this but I think it gets old, stretches,
and doesn't hold tight anymore.
Here is how I fixed it... I think this link still works:
http://texascreasons.homedns.org/~kevin/delorean/howto/window_track.html

I did this about two years ago, driver's window, and haven't had a
problem since. I use the window a lot-- every day I drive it to work
for a badge check, in fact.

-Kevin
#4687

On 5/24/05, PRC1216@xxxxxxx <PRC1216@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> One day, while raising my passenger side window, I noticed the front of the
> window wasn't meeting up with the vinyl/rubber piece that it is supposed to be
> nestled in when all the way up.   I lowered it and tried again, this time the
> window was tilting INTO the car, not even close to where it should be.   Today
> I ripped the door apart, took the window out, slid it back into its tracks
> and bolted it up to the motor.   Fixed, right?   Wrong, after lowering it and
> raising it again, the thing was still angled into the car.  It was really loose,
> i.e. I could jiggle it back and forth.   I lowered it again to try it over,
> and bang, out of the track it snapped.   I tried this   9 or 10 times, removing
> the window each time and re-inserting it, but still no luck.   It would fall
> out of its tracks every few tries.   I eventually got it up, even though half
> of the window was off track, by assisting the window with my hand when using
> the switch.   Since it is now in the proper place, I unhooked the switch and am
> not worrying about it for the rest of the summer.   Should this project
> really be this difficult?   Oh yes, I could only get one of the two bolts for the
> motor on the bottom of the window...the bracket wouldn't accept both of the
> screws attached to the middle in the bottom of the window in both holes, it was
> only one or the other.   I tried bending the little bracket to let both go
> through, but no luck.   After an hour of experimenting, I gave up on that one as
> well.
> 
> -Patrick C.
> 1880
> Mending the large gash on my hand from the sharp inside of the door, be
> careful if you attempt this project.
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-Kevin




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