Total frustration
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From: concord ohio
Total frustration
In the process on replacing the side glass on my '78.
The glass is from Wilcox. They told me that it will be shipped by a third party and that it was US made by Plinkington. It arrived with a made in Thailand sticker. The glass looked correct, the date codes were perfect, the tint was matching, so I gave it a try. The drivers side installed perfectly. The fit and seal tightness rivaled a Honda and the glass went up and down perfectly. I was 100% pleased. Now comes the passenger side. I went through the exact same procedure, cleaned lubed all components in the door, installed the glass and adjusted per the AIM manual. The glass is so tight to the body that the door won't close and it binds so bad that the motor won't move it. All adjustments are to the extreme, pushing the glass away from the door. Can the glass have the wrong shape? Or am I totally missing something. I have spent 10 hours+ trying to get it aligned and still is way off. HELP!!!!
The glass is from Wilcox. They told me that it will be shipped by a third party and that it was US made by Plinkington. It arrived with a made in Thailand sticker. The glass looked correct, the date codes were perfect, the tint was matching, so I gave it a try. The drivers side installed perfectly. The fit and seal tightness rivaled a Honda and the glass went up and down perfectly. I was 100% pleased. Now comes the passenger side. I went through the exact same procedure, cleaned lubed all components in the door, installed the glass and adjusted per the AIM manual. The glass is so tight to the body that the door won't close and it binds so bad that the motor won't move it. All adjustments are to the extreme, pushing the glass away from the door. Can the glass have the wrong shape? Or am I totally missing something. I have spent 10 hours+ trying to get it aligned and still is way off. HELP!!!!
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Contact Willcox if he was the middle man for the glass and double check the part# with him, they are very good.
I'm waiting on an accelerator cable from him now that is back ordered but that is not his fault the availability is light.
He has some very good tech support for install on his site did you look there?
If not do you have the old glass for comparison?
Something just doesn't sound right there
Just my thoughts on your situation
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I'm waiting on an accelerator cable from him now that is back ordered but that is not his fault the availability is light.
He has some very good tech support for install on his site did you look there?
If not do you have the old glass for comparison?
Something just doesn't sound right there
Just my thoughts on your situation
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I understand your frustration. I was reading that at the factory they left all the adjustments loose and then from inside the car with the door shut they placed the glass in place with a suction cup and then tightened all the adjustments from inside the car. I used this procedure and then only had to made a couple of minor adjustments.
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Thanks gazman, but that is the exact way that I did the initial adjustments.
the window is just way to tight against the front and back seals. I did not replace the seals at this time, I did them about 3 years ago, so compression is not an issue.
the window is just way to tight against the front and back seals. I did not replace the seals at this time, I did them about 3 years ago, so compression is not an issue.
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In the process on replacing the side glass on my '78.
The glass is from Wilcox. They told me that it will be shipped by a third party and that it was US made by Plinkington. It arrived with a made in Thailand sticker. The glass looked correct, the date codes were perfect, the tint was matching, so I gave it a try. The drivers side installed perfectly. The fit and seal tightness rivaled a Honda and the glass went up and down perfectly. I was 100% pleased. Now comes the passenger side. I went through the exact same procedure, cleaned lubed all components in the door, installed the glass and adjusted per the AIM manual. The glass is so tight to the body that the door won't close and it binds so bad that the motor won't move it. All adjustments are to the extreme, pushing the glass away from the door. Can the glass have the wrong shape? Or am I totally missing something. I have spent 10 hours+ trying to get it aligned and still is way off. HELP!!!!
The glass is from Wilcox. They told me that it will be shipped by a third party and that it was US made by Plinkington. It arrived with a made in Thailand sticker. The glass looked correct, the date codes were perfect, the tint was matching, so I gave it a try. The drivers side installed perfectly. The fit and seal tightness rivaled a Honda and the glass went up and down perfectly. I was 100% pleased. Now comes the passenger side. I went through the exact same procedure, cleaned lubed all components in the door, installed the glass and adjusted per the AIM manual. The glass is so tight to the body that the door won't close and it binds so bad that the motor won't move it. All adjustments are to the extreme, pushing the glass away from the door. Can the glass have the wrong shape? Or am I totally missing something. I have spent 10 hours+ trying to get it aligned and still is way off. HELP!!!!
My sincere apologies on the glass, I'm very surprised. I suppose that Auto City has changed vendor or Plink is importing them now. I had no idea but will find out on Monday.
In regards to the adjustment procedure. I would lower the glass about 1" below the roof line, take all the bolts loose.
Then raise the glass slowly to where it should be and tighten. When all else fails for us this is what we do. This gives you a good starting point for tweaking. Just remember the door glass when 1" from the top weatherstrip should also be 1" from the pillar.
Now one mistake some people make, and I'm not suggesting you did this.. but people don't realize sometimes that out is in. By this I mean if you push the upper track out, the top of the glass will come inward. So if the glass is landing on the rubber hard, loosen up the top track bolts and pull them inward a bit.
