Disco 2 Can I bodge the window?

Next on me list of things other people couldnt be bothered to fix is the broken widow mech, im kinda clued up on how it works now after taking it out, wasnt even attached to the winda, question is has anyone had this problem and just fixed the regulator rather than replaced it? Can i bodge it back to shape and re fit it properly? I know theyre not very expensive but saves me waiting and dont have to take it apart, i dunno... The poor thing looks like this...


Someones cable tied a plank of wood in the bottom of the door, why would that be?


Cheers,
Ryno

The plastic wheel has disintegrated Fairly bog standard problem.
You can get a new regulator for about £15.

For the sake of it Ryan,

With trying to replace the broken nylon washer, I personally would get a new one for £15. Then it is job done.

I suspect the wood may have been used to hold the window closed at some point.

Cheers

used to be a repair kit (new wheel) available from the States - now stopped.... A business opportunity with someone with a 3d printer

biggeeeee said:

The plastic wheel has disintegrated Fairly bog standard problem.
You can get a new regulator for about £15.

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neilly said:

For the sake of it Ryan,

With trying to replace the broken nylon washer, I personally would get a new one for £15. Then it is job done.

I suspect the wood may have been used to hold the window closed at some point.

Cheers

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Awesome cheers chaps, you know how tight i am, and agricultural style repairs are in my blood if that wheel job is buggered i will get a new one, how comes they buckle and break to that extent someone have a go at breaking in?

Not sure on why it was buckled, unless the PO had tried to jam it into place.

When mine broke ( little nylon wheel snapped) it made the window judder and then not raise straight so it had to be helped into its final home position.

Plenty of time to give the D2 some agricultural help on the repair front , this is one of the fixes it is better doing with a cheap replacement part. nothiing worse than needing to close the window and finding it will not work.

Cheers

neilly said:

Not sure on why it was buckled, unless the PO had tried to jam it into place.

When mine broke ( little nylon wheel snapped) it made the window judder and then not raise straight so it had to be helped into its final home position.

Plenty of time to give the D2 some agricultural help on the repair front , this is one of the fixes it is better doing with a cheap replacement part. nothiing worse than needing to close the window and finding it will not work.

Cheers

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Will need to prop that window up else by the time it arrives monday the thing will fall down and smash to bits good job theres a plank of wood stored in that door i was really starting to run out of those here.....

They buckle because the round nylon slider has broken and become detached, then when lowing the glass with the help of a powerful motor the free piece of metal will jam against something and then buckle, simples really.

Even if the round nylon slider was available as a replacement part and the metal was straightened, you would have an small issue with attaching it to the metal. So there's nothing to stop u in straightening the metal making a slider and attaching it with a small nut and bolt if you wish.

I had a broken regulator 15 years ago, my fault for trying to open a frozen window, the regulators were £68 from Land Rover back then, just an hour to replace on a freezing January morning.

Yep, the little wheel has broken on the driver's window on mine too. Got a new regulator ready for a nice warm dry day, probably in a few months to do the job.