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Posted By : Colin Lindsay, 04-Mar-2005,
01:24pm
You know the bit I'm trying to say - the foot long strip inside the doors closest to the b post which supports and channels the door glass? The original
felt liner in mine has all but worn away and a few years back I squirreled away new rubber replacements - except they're far far too thick to fit into the
channel. Anyone have any tips or sources for good replacements which actually fit?
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Posted By : William Davies, 04-Mar-2005,
02:21pm
Hi Colin,
Usual form is to replace the metal channel with a composite type incorporating a flock lining. There's then the issue of rivetting-on the mounting
brackets from the original channel. I know some people have managed to spot weld the brackets, but there's a real danger of setting the channel on fire
this way.
Cheers,
Bill.
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Posted By : Nick Bracey, 05-Mar-2005,
08:19pm
hi colin,
FWIW I managed to weld the old brackets onto the channels i got from bill, no bother.
just take it easy - you dont need too much heat.
i didn't spot weld them - without a proper spot welder you have a lot of heat in one place - i ran a small fillet on the top and bottom edges of
the brackets. seems fine.
btw, filler cap turned up fine - cheers!
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Posted By : Chris Taylor,
06-Mar-2005, 05:16pm
Not sure how you managed a weld without damaging the felt. Can you enlighten us?
FWIW pop rivetting the brackets on is easier and plenty strong enough. The greatest influence on securing the door glass is the front channel
in the quarter light. The rivets there are optional, but do help to prevent the channel from becoming displaced.
The trick with pop rivetting the brackets on is to use the preformed head INSIDE the channel. If your pop-rivetter head is too big/short to fit
inside the channel (most are) then use a short piece of brake pipe between the rivet and rivetter head.
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Posted By : Nick Bracey,
09-Mar-2005, 01:10pm
Re.
"Not sure how you managed a weld without damaging the felt. Can you enlighten us?"
Carefully! About 5 mm of weld at a time, not too much heat - its not structural, so you don't need full penetration (shame!)
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Posted By : Colin
Lindsay, 19-Jun-2005, 11:24am
Just to resurrect an old thread - I got hold of some replacement channels off eBay and managed to rivet the old brackets to the new
channels with no bother at all and no interference from the rivet heads against the glass; I just used the old trick of placing a small
1/2 inch piece of brake pipe over the rivet stalk to enable the rivet gun to fit the rivet with the gun head completely outside the
narrower channel. Dead easy.