On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, K. Patrick Wheeler wrote:
> The glass on my passenger side door separated from the channel that
> raises and lowers it. After finally breaking through the years of rust
> and corrosion, I've been able to get everything un-jammed and it will at
> least move, however, I am unable to get the glass to stay in the
> channel. It slips out whenever I try to lower the window. It was quite
> rusted and I removed about a 1/8" to 1/4'' layer of rust from the bottom
> of the channel with a handy screwdriver, but have not done a complete
> cleaning job. Do I need to glue it, get a new rubber connection to the
> glass? ? ? Any suggestions?
The channels in my Tiger were in similar poor condition. I
wire brushed and rust-treated them, then painted with POR-15.
Sunbeam Specialties sells a rubber like material to hold the
window in the channel; you coat it with oil during installation
and that apparently causes it to swell and retain the glass...
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Kevin Meek (kevnmeek(at)netcom.com) Sunbeam Tiger B382002202
Santa Cruz, California Sunbeam Alpine SI B9011324
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