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Re: [T3] Question about removal of rear window guide


On 24 Aug 2005 at 9:39, Roush, Norman wrote:

> The window in the driver side door of my '68 Squareback has been getting
> harder to raise and lower so I cleaned and greased the lifting parts
> this last weekend.  Big improvement.  I noticed that the door lock know
> was tilted about 45 degrees so I thought I'd check the complete locking
> mechanism.  The Bentley manual says to remove window lifting parts and
> glass and then the rear window guide by removing the one bolt and washer
> and pulling down on guide before you can remove the lock.  I could not
> get the guide out.  The manual says there are two upper clips, one which
> I removed, but could not see the upper most clip.  Is there a trick to
> removing this window guide?

Putting grease in the lift channel under the window does make a HUGE 
difference. That's a very rewarding process.

I don't follow you about the door lock and the 45 deg, however. Something is 
out of alignment, what is it?

I doubt if you need to remove the rear channel, and this gets pretty 
complicated in a hurry, but to do this, you have to remove the glass from the 
door, then peel the "felt" channel out of the rear part of the steel channel 
that you're trying to remove. Remove the bolt, and yank the rear metal channel 
down. Don't lose anything. The problem with doing this is that it inevitably 
deforms the felt channel, and it is hard to get it back right again.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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