Chris Dale Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 Having just acquired a '71 TR6 and joined the Register I need to replace the vertical door window channels . The Haynes manual recommends releasing the glass from its lifting mechanism but mine appear to be riveted not bolted to the horizontal channel at the bottom of the glass. Does anyone have a recommended process and can the vertical guides be removed with the glass / mechanism in place? Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mtrehy Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 you can jiggle the guides in and out with the window in place. loosen off the regulator bolts as required. you buy the guide in lengths and have to cut it and remove the old mounting brackets and fit to the new guide length with pop rivets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DRD Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 You can just use the furry side of sticky velcro. Just wind the window up and feed it into the metal channel. Then wind the window down and it will force it in more. Worked for me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mtrehy Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Too easy a job to bother with bodging in my opinion. I did a set a week or 2 back on a current restoration. Pics show the old guide and brackets. And the new guide which you need to attach the old brackets to. An hour or so per side, the guide is cheap. No specialist tools. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DRD Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, mtrehy said: Too easy a job to bother with bodging in my opinion. I did a set a week or 2 back on a current restoration. Pics show the old guide and brackets. And the new guide which you need to attach the old brackets to. An hour or so per side, the guide is cheap. No specialist tools. Depends entirely on the situation! Not quite so easy on a complete running car. My 'bodge' avoided taking all the door to pieces and quickly cured an annoying rattle on an otherwise excellent car in less than 30mins. This is a very helpful guide to curing rattles on the internal door bits - http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org/WindowChannel.htm Edited July 8, 2020 by DRD Update Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waldi Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 I went the velcro way too. It works perfect. I had supplied new guides they were different from the originals, also dimension wise. I will send them back to the supplier. Waldi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Dale Posted July 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Thanks for the feedback. Having freed the rearmost channel I'm struggling to get it free - seems like it is bolted to a stay at the top. Is that normal? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mtrehy Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) There are 2 upper and 1 lower bolt each channel. The bar that staps the 2 channels together needs removing. Wind window up and should be able to jiggle them out. Loosen regulator if necessary. Edited July 8, 2020 by mtrehy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mtrehy Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Rearmost is the easiest to remove normally Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Dale Posted July 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Thanks to everyone for their advice. Job completed successfully! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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