This notch is worn because the window is saging on the soft channel it rides or the lock itself may have slid in its hole in the glass, or a little of both. Fix these first and you may not have to do anything with the frame. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
On Wed, 5 May 1999, Joe Lucca wrote: > hi all, > > subject: > the tracks for the sliding windows that have the little notches in them to > keep them locked: > > one of my windows won't stay locked due to a worn out groove. i was thinking > about swapping the tracks on both sides of the van, since there's notches at > both ends of the track. has anyone removed these, they appear to be just > glued in. > > my main question being, if it is an easy job, or a messy one. > > joe > 86 vanagon > |
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