Beyond frustrated!, installation of triangle seal, glass , and front track- seal too long, tight, door cant shut and to top it off the bottom adjuster, was stuck, broke! Options

[DRPHIL914]

beyond frustrated- i am going to have to source a replacement assembly with a good adjuster- anyone have one send my way cheap or free??

spent the better part of the last 4 hours trying to get the doors done. unable to complete because the drivers door bottom adjuster nut that is attached to the front track that also holds the triangle window was rusted bad and snapped off- second was , before that happened being unable to get triangle glass seal in(too long) and down enough so could not get door to shut.

pulled it all back out and now i cant decide how to proceed!

[tmc914]

That triangle seal was difficult indeed. Started with the drivers side and then stopped when it came to the passengers side. Not worth it. Had to do a lot of extra cutting of the rubber, finally got the door to close properly. Do need 3 hands to make it work but somehow I did it with only 2 hands. It seemed like the grove the glass slides into at the bottom was not deep enough and the glass is pushing the whole arrangement deeper into the door than it should. Not going to try and fix it unless something pops loose. There is a lot of pressure on that triangle glass right now with the door closed.

[raynekat]

That triangle seal was difficult indeed. Started with the drivers side and then stopped when it came to the passengers side. Not worth it. Had to do a lot of extra cutting of the rubber, finally got the door to close properly. Do need 3 hands to make it work but somehow I did it with only 2 hands. It seemed like the grove the glass slides into at the bottom was not deep enough and the glass is pushing the whole arrangement deeper into the door than it should. Not going to try and fix it unless something pops loose. There is a lot of pressure on that triangle glass right now with the door closed.

I'd have to agree with a lot of what is said here.

The 914Rubber piece does not fit all that well....especially at the front end where it fits both into the long narrow rectangular channel and where it also goes into the groove for the inner door seal.

See pic below.

The arrows where I labeled 1 and 2 are the part of the seal that goes down into the long narrow rectangular channel....yes?
This section of the seal is a bit too long to fit into this channel.
So I took a very sharp kitchen knife and made a short cut of approx. 1/8 - 1/4" along where you see arrow 3.
This allowed the front part of this seal to go into the door more and allowing the seal to fit flush.

The 2nd issue is the area I have circled with a 4.
This is the very front part of the seal that is supposed to go into the same groove that the inner door seal also sits.
If fact they will both butt up against each other flush if you've cut the inner door seal at the right place.
This part of the 914Rubber seal needs a lot of trimming to get it to fit into this groove.
I used a combination of wire snippers and again the very sharp kitchen knife to slowly whittle this leading edge into the correct shape to nicely fit into the groove.

Once you've got both of these above mods complete, you'll have a chance at getting this 914Rubber window seal into place.