[Roadsters] Driver's door glass

[Gary and Cindy Ault]

Steve,

You didn't say whether the glass moves freely in the channels with 
everything connected.  It sounds like yours is binding somewhere.  I'd 
assemble the mechanism and look for binding when you lower the glass with 
the inner door panel off.

I don't know what plastic "retainer" your are referring to.  The only 
"retainer" of which I am aware is the one which prevents the door glass 
assembly from being raised too far.  I think that part goes in the upper 
roller channel.

It has been a number of years since I had my doors apart, but I seem to 
recall that the door window glass was just pressed into the rubber U-shaped 
gasket and lower bracket.  As long as the window moves freely in the 
vertical channels, things should work properly.

I can tell you I did not remove the door glass from the lower brackets when 
I took the window mechanisms out of the doors to clean and re-lubricate 
them.  The outer rubber weatherstrips and door "fuzzies" must be removed to 
get the door glass in and out with the lower bracket attached.  I remember 
that much.

I hope that helps.

Gary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Harvey" <stebharvey at ameritech.net>
To: "Datsun List" <Datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 10:16 AM
Subject: [Roadsters] Driver's door glass


> Group,
>
> My driver's door glass has never operated correctly from day one and has
> since gotten to the point where it does roll up or down. I exposed the
> inside of the door and found that the glass was not in the lower/bottom
> assembly and that the assembly was not inserted into the front and rear 
> arm
> rollers. Upon inspection, the wing window guide and outer door guides are
> intact. I checked the outer guide lower bracket and it is intact and 
> secure.
>
> The only way I can see how all of the pieces must go together is to 
> install
> the lower/bottom assembly onto the two roller arms amd secure the plastic
> retainer on the rear arm. I also removed the wing window assembly. I then
> inserted the glass into the lower arm pressing it into the lower/bottom
> assemblies rubber "U" shaped gasket. I applied a small amount of white
> grease to the rubber gasket to help insert the glass into the gasket. I 
> then
> installed the wing window assembly with the bottomer front and back of the
> glass riding in the channels. When I rolled the window up and down the 
> glass
> came out of the lower/bottomer assembly. Any ideas on the proper procedure
> for correctly installing the glass into the up/down window assembly?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Steb
> Milwaukee
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