AkrHack

The rear window channel on the drivers door needs to be removed on my '67 so I can address a high spot created in the channel when a PO attempted to install it with a screw that was too long. The long screw passed through the nut tacked onto the back side on the channel and pushed into the channel itself creating a raised area that the window contacts it when I attempt to roll up the window. I want to remove the channel to I can lower the high spot with a punch and a BFH. In looking at the chassis service manual (see pic), there are only 2 screws that secure the channel to the door. My question for the forum is can I simply remove the screws and pull out the channel without removing the window and/or other window lift components? The answer will tell me if this is a quick and easy job or one that is much more involved.

Thanks,
Rick

Nowhere Man

Roll the window up and after you remove the clips in the fuzzie channel it will come right out.

Frankie the Fink

Yes. Make sure the window is ALL the way up tight....and sweep the bottom of the channel towards the front of the car and it should angle out of position easily...

66BlkBB

I never found it that easy....... It seems to me that the window glass stays down far enough that you are not able to get the channel to un-plug from the upper hole. Could be wrong but that is what I remember.

Frankie the Fink

Hmmm....I've done the deed several times on my '63 coupe and it was pretty easy. Maybe I was lucky or that year car made a difference.

66BlkBB

Frank,

You may be correct. I just remember wrestling with mine and having a hard time. Of course, I am kind of clumsy so that may have accounted for it.

AkrHack

Having the window rolled all the way up was the key. Thanks for the tip. I was able to get the channel out rather easily. It was less than a 5 minute job.

Here is the channel. Before I go at the high spot with a punch and hammer, I want to make sure that it isn't supposed to look like this. I just looked at my passenger side rear channel and it also has a high spot, although the window doesn't hang up on it when I roll it up. The screws that are in use now are no where near long enough to hit the back of the channel, so I presume that the PO discovered the error in his ways and utilized the correct (or maybe just shorter) screws.

Frankie the Fink

I don't see how that high spot would have happened; it may be normal...what you WILL hang up on is that chewed up felt...replace it with some felt you can get at Michael's or JoAnne Fabrics and loop it over the top of the channel and inch or two and glue it to the sides so it can't get caught by the window.

AkrHack

The felt has worn through where the window has been hitting the high spot over time. It was hanging up so much that I had the grab the window with one hand and pull over the high spot while I continue to crank. That high spot appears to be 1/4" higher than the channel on either side of it.

66jack

I wouldn't beat on it too much with your BFH as you might warp the crap out of the channel....

I would use a dremmel and take just enough off to clear, allowing for the felt for clearance...

AkrHack

After a few precision whacks with my trusty punch/hammer, the high spot on the channel was greatly reduced. After reinstalling the channel, the window operates perfectly without hanging up on the high spot. Thanks for the help and support to those who chimed in.

Rick