Took the wife to CVS this AM and as the window gets to the bottom of its travel it makes this horrible crunching noise and falls forward into the door.
Pulled off to the side in the pouring rain, because when else would a window regulator die, and jimmied around with the window and the controls until it stayed up enough to get home dry.
Set up the pop-up and pulled the door apart.
The labeled bracket was mangled and the roller was, well, not so much a roller anymore.
Hammered the bracket back into shape, got it straight and square, deburred the gouged spots and moved on to the lifter.
I drilled off the head of the support post and turned up a new roller from a slug of nylon.
Refitted the post and gently plug welded the back side to the lifter arm where I drilled off the rivet.
Good as new.
Probably ought to order up a new regulator and put it in inventory.
Pulled off to the side in the pouring rain, because when else would a window regulator die, and jimmied around with the window and the controls until it stayed up enough to get home dry.
Set up the pop-up and pulled the door apart.
The labeled bracket was mangled and the roller was, well, not so much a roller anymore.
Hammered the bracket back into shape, got it straight and square, deburred the gouged spots and moved on to the lifter.
I drilled off the head of the support post and turned up a new roller from a slug of nylon.
Refitted the post and gently plug welded the back side to the lifter arm where I drilled off the rivet.
Good as new.
Probably ought to order up a new regulator and put it in inventory.
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but it was pouring rain and things needed to be buttoned up ASAP.
