Kurtis,
Your channels may need rebuilding (felts) and some channel adjustments
(alignments) can be made - SURPRIZE! When the channel felts get tattered and
window gets sloppy it can cause misalignments and force channels to 'spread'
front and back and even bend outward - usually exagerated at the bottom-most
area - and if the glass is guided by the sloppy rear channel - you got
'crooked window syndrome'. The more it hangs up the worse things can get -
bent channels. There is a guide wire at bottom that can be twanked to pull
the channels toward each other to hug the glass better and straighten
channels up to be parallel again. I pulled my channels out last year and
installed new felts from RevingtonTR (UK) for $4.50 each channel - not the
best fitting. If you have the money new channels at $50 each (and 2 each
door) would go a long way to firming things up. I also had to re-attach 3 of
the 6 brackets (brazed) as the wimpy rivets had let go. The nylon guides near
top of channels can wear out but a little squeeze in the vise easily takes up
wear.
On my car the windsheild 'slant' was more than normal from all that too-tight
soft top stretching - plus someone had replaced the windsheild prior and used
damaged brackets. Driver side window gets the most abuse on all the
mechanicals involved - your passenger side should be much better shape.
Also you may have found 3-part plastic water curtains attached to the glass
base bracket - they keep your pressboard door panels from doing the watuzi
(warping big time) during rainy season... if they aren't there someone must
have ripped the usually mangled things out .. I am putting 15mil plastic
curtains in mine..
Carl
'63 TR4
>>Subject: TR4 Window Regulator Question
Okay... while I'm waiting for steering parts to arrive, I decided to dig into
my side window/windscreen frame fit problem. I have the interior panel off
the door, and here's what I've found:
When I roll the window up or down, the widow channel is not parallel to the
door. The rear end of the channel sits higher than the front. This causes
the top of the glass to strike the windscreen frame before the window is
completely rolled up.
The stop bracket (including the bolt, nut and washer) that mounts roughly
half-way up on the door (Bentley Fig. 43 No. 72). Everything else appears to
be connected properly.
Okay... before I start taking stuff apart and experimenting, does anyone have
any advice or suggestions?
Thanks!
Kurtis J.
Russellville, Arkansas
1963 TR4<<
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