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!

[raynekat]

Side view of the seal installation.
Again, it is sitting down into the slot very nicely after making the above mods to the seal.

One thing to note where the arrow is pointing.
It is said that this 914Rubber seal is supposed to be wider here thus sealing better.
In my estimation, not really all that much.
It is still too thin here to really seal all that well.
I may slide another thin piece of rubber in here to fill out the space a bit better.
You'll know what I mean when you get to this point.

As opposed to trying to install the seal, window and window guide as one unit, I took a different tack.

I installed the seal first, making sure it was correctly seated along the slot where it resides as well as at the very front that fits into the inner door seal groove.
Next I came with the aluminum window guide, while holding the seal in it's place.
You can attach the upper and lower bolts for the window guide at this point.
Lastly I came in what the window.
Front nose first followed by sliding the window down into the groove in the seal.
I used lots of silicon lube spray for this last part.
At the end, I installed the hard rubber piece that goes at the very top of the window guide and that holds the window down into place.
This worked for me on the driver's side window.
I'll be doing the passenger side likely tomorrow.
Will keep you posted on any issues or "ah-ha's" if I get them.

One note: I also used a small piece of wood to push the seal down into the door. I wouldn't use anything too sharp like a screwdriver, etc to do this.

[carl k]

I have this driver's side frame if you need it. Unfortunately I'm on the left coast.

-Carl