Well, a closer inspection revealed the broken tabs still bolted to the door,
but no guide lying in the bottom of the door. I guess this happened before I
got the car and the PO removed it. Anyway, thanks for the help.
Jeremy
70 SPL stroker
> From: tom@datsun2000.com
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net; jeremymayne@msn.com
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] door glass rear rail replacement
> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 01:29:27 -0700
>
> Jeremy,
>
> I found my rear glass guide laying in the bottom of the door.
>
> The angle brackets that mount the guide to the door are held in place by
two
> phillips head screws you will find on the end of the door. These brackets
> have a nasty habit of breaking off at the hard 90 degree bend from the door
> to the guide.
>
> In my case I used a triangle magnet to hold the two halves of the mounting
> bracket together and welded them back together. Once you do this (I might
> even suggest welding the brackets that have not broken yet) your rear glass
> guide will stay in place.
>
> The bend in the bracket is a very hard 90 degree bend with little or no
> radius in the bend. There is a lot of stress on the metal. Vibration
> breaks the metal at the bend. Welding the bend will relieve the stress and
> make the part stronger than it was to begin with.
>
> Tom
> 69 2000 - Mr. Hyde
> Portland
> http://www.datsun2000.com
> http://www.nowroc.org
>
> On 5/30/2009 11:00:17 AM, jeremy mayne (jeremymayne@msn.com) wrote:
> > In trying to figure out why my driver side door glass would fall out of
> > the
> > track at the front I discovered it's missing the rear track that runs
> inside
> > the door. Does anyone out there have a decent used rear track for the
> driver
> > side window for a high windshield model (1970 specifically)? Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeremy Mayne
> >
> > 70 SPL stroker
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