Section : Doors

Fitting Door Glass channels

Posted By : Ian Osprey, 01-Oct-2006, 03:35pm

HELP!
I'm re-building a door, and have a question.
The door glass channel has a nylon block at each end to guide the window up and down in the channel. When in place, there is an additional moulded piece of nylon which is bolted in place over the lower part of the guide block on the channel.
The question is, does this block fit on the side of the guide block closest to the door skin, or the inward side?
According to the diagrams I can lay my hands on, (parts diagrams) it's on the door skin side, but assembling it the way it's shown means the bolt fouls the winder mechanism. This has removed any confidence I had about where the block went!

Yes, I know I should have done one side at a time, but we all get a bit carried away, don't we?

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Fitting Door Glass channels

Posted By : Charles Bushell, 01-Oct-2006, 04:11pm

The blocks do go on the door skin side, but the bolts must also be fitted from the door skin side as they double as stops when you wind the window up. You must use the original bolts with a thin bit on the end. Bit of a fiddly job!
Charlie
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  Posted By : Ian Osprey, 02-Oct-2006, 09:27am
  
  Thanks Charlie
  Really? the bolts and guides from the doorskin side?
  I had tried that, but the bolts fouled the winder quadrant, and the window wouldn't go up.
  Where do the bolts come up against to form a stop?
  I had left the guide rails loose until I had everything set up, so it may be this looseness that's letting the window stop early.
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    Posted By : Charles Bushell, 02-Oct-2006, 01:04pm
    
    Oops sorry, I've just had a look at my door & I got that wrong! The blocks do go on the door skin side but the bolts should be fitted from the other side. The diagram in the book is wrong.
    
    The thin ends of the bolts act as stops on the brackets that stick out of the door skin side of the window channels near the top. Hope that makes sense now!
    
    Charlie
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      Posted By : Ian Osprey, 02-Oct-2006, 01:38pm
      
      Just been out to the garage to have a look, armed with a torch even although it's daylight. CSI-style.
      Makes perfect sense now, thanks Charlie