My drivers side door got whipped open in a windstorm a month or so ago, damaging the door check assembly and causing the door to not open all the way without terrible noises happening. It also causes the window to make a terrible crunch/thunk when rolling the window up/down past the 3/4 mark.
Finally got around to replacing the door check assembly tonight, which I assumed was in the way of the window and causing the noise.
Door check replaced, door opens beautifully... window still makes terrible noise. Looks like the front channel where the window slides on was bent. Bent it back and noise got better.
Last noise happening now is from a piece of metal from the mounting hardware on the rail that the bottom of the window is seated on hitting part of the window regulator on it was past it up/down.
Question for anyone familiar with these assemblies...
Does this look like the original rail? There is a bolt and bracket that seem to hold onto the bottom of the window. You can see in the close up pictures that the front bolt bracket assembly is cracked. I can easily wiggle it back and forth with my hand and can see where it is broken.
I could live with it as-is with just an annoying sound when it goes lower than 3/4, or try to replace the entire regulator which seems like a pain. I was hoping to just find the bottom rail online someplace but can’t find anything.
Any wise words would be appreciated!
Finally got around to replacing the door check assembly tonight, which I assumed was in the way of the window and causing the noise.
Door check replaced, door opens beautifully... window still makes terrible noise. Looks like the front channel where the window slides on was bent. Bent it back and noise got better.
Last noise happening now is from a piece of metal from the mounting hardware on the rail that the bottom of the window is seated on hitting part of the window regulator on it was past it up/down.
Question for anyone familiar with these assemblies...
Does this look like the original rail? There is a bolt and bracket that seem to hold onto the bottom of the window. You can see in the close up pictures that the front bolt bracket assembly is cracked. I can easily wiggle it back and forth with my hand and can see where it is broken.
I could live with it as-is with just an annoying sound when it goes lower than 3/4, or try to replace the entire regulator which seems like a pain. I was hoping to just find the bottom rail online someplace but can’t find anything.
Any wise words would be appreciated!