Replacing rear window runs / guides / channels / tracks (with pictures) (2 Viewers)

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Thanks for the instructions, came in very handy today!
 
Thanks for the tips and tricks. I tried the hot-soapy water on the first two, and didn't do it on the last two.

I found it easier to install without the hot-soapy water treatment. The rubber slid in the channel easier and was a bit stiffer and easier to push down the channel from the top when it wasn't pliable. Just my $0.02.

Dan
 
I did this recently but went a couple steps further, removing the motors so I could thoroughly clean and lube the tracks. In hindsight, I should have done the best I could with the motor in place. Removing and reinstalling the separator bar between the fixed window and moving window and reinstalling the window ended up being a huge PITA - compounded by my breaking off a screwdriver bit in the separator bar top screw...
 
Excellent work!!!
 
someone help me please? i’m missing something. apparently it is best to start at the top if you pull the door card so you can yank down on the sides somehow from inside the door?

does this matter if you are not pulling the door card? like on the rears i don’t need to pull the speakers so i may not pull the door cards.

also - was there an obvious place to start? i guess they fronts and rears each have one corner so you start there...?

thanks.
 
Thanks for this... My windows are slow as well. I will keep this and refer to it when I get mine done.
 
someone help me please? i’m missing something. apparently it is best to start at the top if you pull the door card so you can yank down on the sides somehow from inside the door?

does this matter if you are not pulling the door card? like on the rears i don’t need to pull the speakers so i may not pull the door cards.

also - was there an obvious place to start? i guess they fronts and rears each have one corner so you start there...?

thanks.

I'm not sure how you'd do it without removing the door cards so you can reach in and pull down from inside the door cavity.
 
Does it make that whistling sound go away when you drive it? Thank you so much.
 
@Stylo07 Thanks for the excellent tutorial! Knocked out both rear windows this afternoon.

Fronts next and hope they are similar! I do have to replace the motor/regulator on the DS as it's dead. New switch in the door didn't solve it.
 
If you are just doing the rubber window runs, you can pull all 4 out by hand.
Clean/or new runs - rub shin-etsu all over the runs and they will slide right in. No disassembly required.

shin-etsu honda part #
 
If you are just doing the rubber window runs, you can pull all 4 out by hand.
Clean/or new runs - rub shin-etsu all over the runs and they will slide right in. No disassembly required.

shin-etsu honda part #
Long time! Pulling the window runs out is easy. Installing new ones not so easy without pulling the door panel. On the rear doors anyway replacing the runs did as much to speed up things as greasing the window regulator channel. I'll go ahead and pull the front doors as well.
 
What did you use to re-seal the vapor barrier? Also, do you have the part # for the guides?
 
Butyl rope or tape is the easiest thing to find:
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What did you use to re-seal the vapor barrier? Also, do you have the part # for the guides?
Which windows? FWIW, there are no "guides". The parts are listed as door glass run; for example the driver's side front door is:
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These are Toyota parts. You can buy them from your local dealer, an online discount dealer such as Ourisman in Richmond, VA (which sells at discount), from overseas parts sellers (PartSouq, Amayama, etc.).
 
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I'm doing this job now at passenger rear and will add that your replacement runs only go in one way, don't put them in backwards as I did at first. :rolleyes:
The rear part of the run is slightly longer than the front, which is easily overlooked. Photo in this thread doesn't really show that.
Having the door card off allowed me to look in and discover my error.
Actually that didn't clue me in until I was unable to get the front run down the glass all the way.
 
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