September 2001
Does anyone know of a cheap and simple 'fix-it' to stop my worn drivers window from jumping off the runners.
Thanks
GRaham
1.9.01 Read more
Saw a double decker flatbed recovery with two very new and very pranged cars on its back on the M1 today. Nothing unusual but both had duct tape over the reg plates obscuring them. Never seen that before. Is is just an over zealous driver not wanting to present 3 different rear-facing plates or is there another explanation? Not life and death or anything but gave me something different to think about and I thought someone here would know for sure.
Cheers
Ash. Read more
On the accident theme, I passed one early this morning where the ambulance was just pulling away from what looked like a frontal between a car and a motorcycle. From the amount of damage to the car it didn't look good.
Graham,
Got the mail thanks.
If you take off the door trim and run the window up and down I bet you'll see why it is popping off.
Often you will see the vertical runner channels are bolted to the sides or bottom of the door construction. In the past I have packed out or filed the mounting holes to bring these channels closer in on the window glass. Problem solved.
Sometimes the window keeps jumping out of the bottom clamp that holds the glass to the regulator. This can be hard to fix, the last one needed a windscreen firm to bond the glass back to the clamp, that repair has been fine.
Another fault can be that one of the regulator mountings to the door comes off, then the window skews out of line as it moves and falls from the guides. Just replacing the regulator in the mounting hole and bolting up solves this.
David