I might have figured it out. The gold washers are slotted like the rail and using them allows the window to tighten securely to the window.

 

That's the info I was looking for. I should have said nuts and not bolt. I only see the forward facing nut. Gonna have to feel for the 'hidden' one, lol.

 

I don’t think the gold washer setup is right. The bolt will fall out when the rail is unbolted. Plus it sticks out too far imo.

I also stripped and POR coated the DS hinges today. Anyone know if the friction wheels need rebuilt or if they can be rebuilt?

 

 

I have rebuilt 4 doors from start to finish but I never went as far as removal of the bolts from the glass (didn't have to ) , but my spare glass here has the silver cad nut (with the two holes for a tool to tighten ! ) up against the white rubber and boy is it tight .Maybe try it on over the white but reverse it so the threaded protruding part goes toward the glass .

 

 

Hmmm- mines an unmolested 71- that I've had since 81....

The through glass bolt was fully threaded and there was no plate? Originally manual windows...

 

Thanks Bassa77. I'll try that. If that doesn't work, I'll cut the neck off a bit so that I can snug up the nut. The gold washer isn't going to work.

 

Richard,
The top right corner bolt (in your picture) is the one I"m struggling with. It appears to have both the plastic washer AND a metal threaded washer on the nut side. I must not have the correct metal threaded washer.

 

I'd just get a 1" 1/4-20 bolt & fender washer and be done with it- I wouldn't cut anything up.

Richard

 

My 7th picture down from the top of this thread has the picture of the bolt I need. I need to dig through my old bolts, lol.

 

Oh- i see what you are doing wrong- the raised shoulder of the special washer goes IN the plastic - flip it around.

 

Thanks Richard! problem solved, lol. Now I feel dumb...

 

Problem solved! Thanks again Richard.

 

HA- the only reason I was sure- is I JUST took mine apart...If you had waited till tomorrow...I might not be posting- but waiting for someone to answer...!!!

I just ran my brackets through the polishing wheel- it really did a number on them- some good lithium grease and my windows should glide up and down like they are supposed to.

BTW- I have my lock assembly soaking in gasoline- it really cleaned up NICE!!!

 

Looks great! I also noticed that on the Opposite side of that same bolt, I need to make a rubber washer. The washer on the bolt had some rubber on it, but I need I need a bit more cushion. The old rubber washers had fallen apart.

 

I ordered some paint today to respray the inside of the doors and jams while they are off the car. I can't handle the poor finish and since im literally upgrading the entire interior to new, I don't want crappy door jams. It's likely going to be a couple months before I start reassembling. I spent way to much money on Eckler's this past weekend, lol. Pretty much everything but the dash and it currently has a dash cap that doesn't look to bad. I can always replace that later; the current dash has a bit of the corner cut off so that I can get it in and out of the car easily. Left and right lower dash, all new center console, new carpet, new DS floor pan. I think the wiring is in decent shape, so I'm just going to make sure that everything is sorted properly in respect to all of the electronic crap that I have installed (most of which I forgot how I installed/wired since it was 10 years ago). I also had a bad habit when I was younger, of simply disconnecting things that didn't work. When this was my daily driver, I didn't have the time or the money to fix minor things. My goal is to get everything working, except for the seat belt alarms of course, lol. This car also had a factory alarm system which I won't mess with. Kind of cool though, has a key in the fender, not sure what it does when setoff. After I finish the doors, I'll start a new thread for the rest of the interior even though its been done many times before, I am sure.

 

The alarm sounds the 'other' horn which is tucked up in the left rear quarter panel.

 

Something is wrong with me...I couldn’t leave well enough alone. I decided to take off my perfectly good door weatherstripping because it had a lot of sloppy adhesive. Now I need to sand down, prime and repaint everything AND buy new door weatherstripping, lol.

 

I’m picking up the paint and primer tomorrow but I’m a long way from paint. Need to take the other door off and disassemble it.