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At 10:13 AM 2/6/05, James Montebello wrote: >Can anyone enlighten me on what's under there, and >advise on the best way to repair it? The hinges are a couple of curved metal tabs that fit into slots in the pillar. The tabs are supposed to have rubber sleeves over them to proide a tighter fit and prevent the rattle you're experiencing. Most likely is that those sleeves have worn out/fallen off on that side. New sleeves don't exist, used ones are scarce. There's a guy in Florida who's trying to get them reproduced but since there's no ETA, don't hold your breath waiting. Take the window out, wrap the tabs with some electrical tape. There's some trial-and-error test fitting involved to figure out just how *much* tape to use, and it's not an ideal fix, but should get you down the road.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~