tool for window rollers
Former Vendor
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Jeffersonville Indiana 812-288-7103
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
-Willcox
I put this picture up on our facebook page two years ago under "What is it, What did it used to be"...
https://www.facebook.com/WillcoxCorvette/photos/pb.284766912924.-2207520000.1446838131./10152896542997925/?type=3&theater
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2015
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From: Cape Girardeau Missouri
I screwed a small bolt fully into a sturdy piece of wood for the same purpose as that modified bolt head in Willcox's pic. Works fine for one set, but I'd do something sturdier if this were my actual line of work.
I couldn't find a punch of the proper diameter to "peen" the new rollers so I cheated. A couple taps in the center with an old #2 Phillips bit cut the soft steel in four places and then a little upholster's hammer easily bent opened them out thus making a good secure connection.
The front roller installed in the window and other spacer pieces on the window require a "spanner wrench". Those aren't the most common tools and amount to two sturdy pins protruding from a bar. The pins engage with opposite holes in the "nuts" that retain things. First soak with PB Blaster or similar. You can then make your own spanner wrench quite easily by tapping a 8" or so length of mild steel (say 3/16" or 1/4" thick) for small bolts of the proper diameter to go into the holes. If you don't have taps, you might be able to get by using a piece of very strong wood (oak, hickory, etc) at least 3/4" thick and screwing bolts through very slightly undersides holes. Then drill for another bolt going through the wood perpendicular to and between the two pins and secure with washers at each end. That will prevent the wood from splitting easily. I was actually able to use the wooden version for a VERY stuck on retainer for a tank mounted fuel pump as it required pins much larger than my available taps.
I couldn't find a punch of the proper diameter to "peen" the new rollers so I cheated. A couple taps in the center with an old #2 Phillips bit cut the soft steel in four places and then a little upholster's hammer easily bent opened them out thus making a good secure connection.
The front roller installed in the window and other spacer pieces on the window require a "spanner wrench". Those aren't the most common tools and amount to two sturdy pins protruding from a bar. The pins engage with opposite holes in the "nuts" that retain things. First soak with PB Blaster or similar. You can then make your own spanner wrench quite easily by tapping a 8" or so length of mild steel (say 3/16" or 1/4" thick) for small bolts of the proper diameter to go into the holes. If you don't have taps, you might be able to get by using a piece of very strong wood (oak, hickory, etc) at least 3/4" thick and screwing bolts through very slightly undersides holes. Then drill for another bolt going through the wood perpendicular to and between the two pins and secure with washers at each end. That will prevent the wood from splitting easily. I was actually able to use the wooden version for a VERY stuck on retainer for a tank mounted fuel pump as it required pins much larger than my available taps.
Former Vendor
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 76,656
Likes: 1,847
From: Jeffersonville Indiana 812-288-7103
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Oh.. The part on the left is an old water pump bearing.. The one on the right was just an old soft head bolt... Both have worked perfectly for years.
-Willcox
