Rear passenger window repair...

Offside rear door window started making graunchy noises a while back so I stopped using it until I could take a look at it. However, my hand was forced when the window slide down of its own accord the other day!

I took off the door card etc. and took out the winder mechanism,expecting to find knackered teeth and gears. It turned out the U-shaped channel that the bottom edge of the glass sits in was so rusty and weak that it had bent open and was now an 'L' rather than a 'U', so the glass had just slid past it.

I've got a new channel (£30!) but I'm wondering if I can fit it with the glass and frame still in place? With the rubber seal in it looks like a tight fit on the glass. I could use some silicon grease, but I think the channel is meant to be a tight fit so that the winder can pull the window down, rather than just relying on gravity, so grease would defeat the object.

I see from searching the threads that getting the frame out isn't too hard, but just wondered if anyone had done it in situ?

Don't know.....but I do like the Lightning avatar pic!

I just done this on my front window. the window push channel is a real tight fit so i'm not sure you will get it on without taking the glass out.

Difflock - A real aeroplane, and slightly more economical than the Disco...

Discol - Indeed, I had a brief look at it and could see it wasn't going to happen, so I took the frame out - only to find the support under the rear quarterlight was just as terminal.

I folded the rubber seal around the bottom edge of the glass and put a smear of washing up liquid on its outer face. The channel slid on fairly easily with that. My theory is that the washing up liquid will dry out and be grippy.

I put it all back together again knowing I still had the quaterlight to do, but I want to check the other door first and get all the bits in one hit.

All works a treat now, and a bit more secure than a gaffer taped window!