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I've broken my window....

Craigybaby

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Evening...won't bore you with the details as to how I ended up in this situation, but now I've got a passenger window with the glass removed...bear with me as this is tricky to explain, ive taken the card off and the scissor bit that pushes the window up and down has a small metal round bit on the end that a rubber bit attaches to which then attaches to the runner attached to the glass....but one of the rubber bits has come off and I can't for the life of me get it back on so I can't put it all back together...does anyone who knows what I'm talking about have any idea or tips to get it back on please? Does wd40 help with this type of thing?
cheers
 
I believe it is Rennlist that sells replacement wheels - they are a hard plastic/nylon. they also pop on (and off pretty easily) - others on this forum have recommended getting a good used wheel rather than using these. They didn't work for me although I had the regulator bind up and shift the window channel forward about an inch on the door glass and also chewed up the wheel and put a bow in the actuating arm. I got a used regulator with good wheels instead. You don't say which year your car is so... the later years (mine is a 91 s2) have a more robust regulator than early years - the casting is heavier - but otherwise identical - motor, mounting points, window travel, etc.

Once you get your wheel back on - you need to figure out why it came off. Check your window glass carefully for signs of the channel having shifted - you should be able to see slight marks where the sealant let go if the channel has shifted. If not - when you get it back together check your window through full operation to see if the wheels are going to come out of the tracks. If - like mine - your channel has shifted Porsche will gladly sell you a new window with the channel attached - these are not available separately as they were for older 911s. My fix was to carefully cut the old adhesive (being careful to NOT cut the rubber that lines the channel), clean all the old adhesive out of the channel, the rubber and the window. Mark the correct position of the channel on the window glass (I had to open up my other door to measure the placement) and then take it to a windshield shop to have them glue it all back together with modern adhesive. The windshield shop was sure it wouldn't work so I had to agree that I wouldn't hold them accountable if it came apart when I tried to use it. That was a year ago and so far its no problems.
 
thanks gents, yes it's one of the nylon rollers that's come off...problems started when I tried to operate window when it was a bit frozen inside the car earlier in the week...ideally I need to get it back on without removing the regulator cos I know that's likely to lead to more problems than I can handle...I'm just struggling to get the roller back one, presumably some sort of grease/lubricant would help? What's the greasiest stuff you can buy?
 
So bought some mole grips and squeezed the nilon wheel on easy as anything....fantastic...can't believe I've never owned mole grips before, a wonderful invention....putting it all back together not quite so straightforward as I thought but nearly there....attached the runners to the wheels first (couldn't seem to do it with the glass attached to the runners) and then try and attach the glass to the runners....problem is I've tried quite a bit of force and won't quite push down onto the runners properly....scared somethings gonna break if I use too much force...anyway had to come back to work but at least im nearly there....thanks for your help Bruce
 
All fixed, dead chuffed....& I've learnt my lesson that trying to open a frozen window by repeatedly pressing the up down button is not a clever thing to do....
 

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