Thanks for the instructions, came in very handy today!
Replacing rear window runs / guides / channels / tracks (with pictures) (1 Viewer)
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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 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
Steve D
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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!!!
Where is the best place to purchase the new rubber window and guide material?
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.
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.
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 #
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Clean/or new runs - rub shin-etsu all over the runs and they will slide right in. No disassembly required.
shin-etsu honda part #
Fix: Rear Slider Window Louver Leak – in 10 complicated steps
This write up is about as detailed as I can make it, it was a pain in the A$$, but worth it. Water inside your truck has no business being there. As proof this worked, it rained 12hours last night, a hard driving pacific coast rain, and there was zero ingress. I found a few very helpful thread...
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Long time! Pulling the window runs out is easy. Installing new ones not so easy without pulling the door panel. On the rear doors anyway replacing the runs did as much to speed up things as greasing the window regulator channel. I'll go ahead and pull the front doors as well.If you are just doing the rubber window runs, you can pull all 4 out by hand.
Clean/or new runs - rub shin-etsu all over the runs and they will slide right in. No disassembly required.
shin-etsu honda part #
Fix: Rear Slider Window Louver Leak – in 10 complicated steps
This write up is about as detailed as I can make it, it was a pain in the A$$, but worth it. Water inside your truck has no business being there. As proof this worked, it rained 12hours last night, a hard driving pacific coast rain, and there was zero ingress. I found a few very helpful thread...
What did you use to re-seal the vapor barrier? Also, do you have the part # for the guides?
Malleus
Far west of Siegen
Malleus
Far west of Siegen
Which windows? FWIW, there are no "guides". The parts are listed as door glass run; for example the driver's side front door is:
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. 
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.
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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