Hi Mike,
The original rubber was a sticky kind of substance and fit pretty
tight with the glass in the channel. Your local auto glass shop or body
shop supply should have some of the orig type stuff. I have used rubber,
heavy rubber elect splicing tape, glues, a urethane type adhesive and
other stuff and they have all worked well. Do not use silicone as this
will cause the channel to rot.
Have fun and don't let the poor thing be seen and lose her dignity.
Allan
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:44:12 -0700 (PDT) Mike Pittinaro
<mechimike@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Today after work I decided to get adventurous and
> tackle the RHS rear window. After removing the door
> trim I tested the motor- nothing. Well, the LHS motor
> was brand new, but this one was (probably) 35 years
> old, so, yup, bearings were full of water, rusted, you
> know the story. So I need a new Motor. No big deal.
>
> Problem is, while maneuvering the motor to get it out
> and jiggling the glass, the glass just about came of
> in my hand. There is a metal support that holds the
> glass at its bottom, and this metal support has the
> holes in it for the window raise/lower mechanism.
>
> The slot in this metal support is about 1/4" wide, and
> was filled with some very old looking, and quite
> brittle, rubber. Now, it seems to me that I need to
> remove all this (which I've already done, in typical
> "dive right in" mentality) and replace it with a strip
> of glued rubber, then press the glass in.
>
> Does this sound right? Anybody who has done this
> before have some pointers? My car has some
> ghetto-esque plastic taped over the rear window, for
> the time being; it looks gawdawful and I won't drive
> it in that condition! But, its supposed to rain tomorrow...
>
> =====
> --Mike Pittinaro
>
> My girlfriend left me
> My trusty Imperial
> Remains more faithful
>
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