Re: Window Stuck
Posted by Daniel Leininger On 2009/4/17 19:46:58
Window Un-Stuck!
Today I figured out the stuck driver window problem on my 41 Clipper.
The window glass had a crack in the front-bottom corner when I bought the car 18 months ago. The window operated up and down until 4 weeks ago, when it would come only half way back up. Glass replacement has not made it to the top of my repair list until today. (See photo below). I now have the window back up and have ordered a new replacement glass.
MYSTERY EXPLANATION: The crack has worked its way through both sides of the lamanet glass. The strain of cranking up the window, wedges the broken triangular corner of the glass into the window track and felt glide. I could see the broken corner piece move (1/32") far enough to catch the head of a rivet (or something) in the metal part of the window glide channel. This was stopping the window's upward movement. It always stopped in the same place. I could see the top of the crack would stop even with a rivet head.
The triangular piece in the corner was the problem. It may have been 'digging' deeper into the channel for a long time until it dug into the metal track (rivet) and stuck.
I can examine it further when I get the new glass and take out the old window. At least now, I can drive with the window closed.
DanL
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Today I figured out the stuck driver window problem on my 41 Clipper.
The window glass had a crack in the front-bottom corner when I bought the car 18 months ago. The window operated up and down until 4 weeks ago, when it would come only half way back up. Glass replacement has not made it to the top of my repair list until today. (See photo below). I now have the window back up and have ordered a new replacement glass.
MYSTERY EXPLANATION: The crack has worked its way through both sides of the lamanet glass. The strain of cranking up the window, wedges the broken triangular corner of the glass into the window track and felt glide. I could see the broken corner piece move (1/32") far enough to catch the head of a rivet (or something) in the metal part of the window glide channel. This was stopping the window's upward movement. It always stopped in the same place. I could see the top of the crack would stop even with a rivet head.
The triangular piece in the corner was the problem. It may have been 'digging' deeper into the channel for a long time until it dug into the metal track (rivet) and stuck.
I can examine it further when I get the new glass and take out the old window. At least now, I can drive with the window closed.
DanL
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