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Thanks for the tips. I wish it was just the bolt that is missing, the channel is missing the flange and bolt hole, I'm assuming that it was broken off when the car was painted and the window rubber replaced. What is the difficult part of removing the entire channel, vent wing assembly, besides lack of room to work in? Walter Beaumont. --- Original Message --- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Subject: Re: [T3] Window Channel Problem >On 12 Feb 2002, at 20:47, Walter D. Beaumont wrote: > >> My 70 Squareback has a broken driver side front window channel. The lower >> bracket and bolt are missing. The window binds going up and down. I need a new >> channel, anyone know where I can get one? Anything else I should be looking to >> fix with the regulator, window, and channels out of the car. > >It's fairly common for that lower bolt to fall out of the channel, and this lets >the channel come out of alignment. Make sure that you put the bolt back in >with the proper spring washer so it stays put. That channel is part of the vent >window frame. I hope it really isn't broken, because it really is a pain to >replace. If you replace it, just replace the whole vent window/channel >assembly. > >Check the regulator. There is a dog-leg in the arm about 1/3rd out from the >pivot; that dog-leg is stiffened by a second piece and it's fairly common to >see that stiffener broken off at one of the welds. If yours is broken, get it >rewelded or exchange it with one of mine that I have already rewelded. Mush >some grease into the works before you reinstall it. > >- >Jim Adney >jadney@vwtype3.org >Madison, WI 53711-3054 >USA > >------------------------------------------------------ ------------- >Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe >