Wonky door window

[jazzdude]

All of a sudden when going down the drivers door glass doesn't go down parallel to the door but the rear end falls away first.

It closes back up, wonky again but levels out at the top.

Before I open it all up is this something that's going to need a part ordered or could it be a bolt that's dropped off somewhere?

[Sir Paolo]

It’s difficult to say, but as it levels out at the top of its travel, it seems like the glass is no longer secure in the bottom channel.

[scottliv]

My drivers window on my Griff goes up and is not parallel at the top. The back is slightly higher so when it clears the roof there is a slight gap at front end. The aluminium door edge is not fully aligned with the windscreen frame so I think this maybe the cause.

[jazzdude]

Just to be clear this is something that has just happened. It's like the window is only fixed to the mechanism at the front end.

[Steve_D]

Sounds like one of the runner mounts has come adrift.
It's fibreglass rash time.

Steve

[QBee]

To enlarge on Steve's comment, you take the door speaker out, then arm in holding a 10mm ratchet spanner, and it's find the nuts time.
They are in a straight line, one at the front low down in front of the speaker hole IIRC, one in the middle and one at the rear, and the line rises a bit towards the rear. The rear one is at full arm stretch. You will get your arm in more easily if you go upwards at 45 degrees first up to the elbow, then down to the location of the nuts. Not difficult once you have found them. Then it's door card off and the fun begins.

Can anyone remember if there is another fixing near the mirror switch?

[jazzdude]

It's the fun part after the door card comes off that I'm not sure about.

If it's something that will need a new mechanism, I'll rather get that here before taking the door to bits.

[QBee]

I suspect that the window just needs putting back in the runner.

[sixor8]

QBee said:

To enlarge on Steve's comment, you take the door speaker out, then arm in holding a 10mm ratchet spanner, and it's find the nuts time.
They are in a straight line, one at the front low down in front of the speaker hole IIRC, one in the middle and one at the rear, and the line rises a bit towards the rear. The rear one is at full arm stretch. You will get your arm in more easily if you go upwards at 45 degrees first up to the elbow, then down to the location of the nuts. Not difficult once you have found them. Then it's door card off and the fun begins.

Can anyone remember if there is another fixing near the mirror switch?

It varies with door car bolts. I've had chimaera with 3 bolts and others with 4 holding the door card on. They are all low down, and all have the one forward of the speaker hole that's the easiest to get to.

[PRTVR]

sixor8 said:

QBee said:

To enlarge on Steve's comment, you take the door speaker out, then arm in holding a 10mm ratchet spanner, and it's find the nuts time.
They are in a straight line, one at the front low down in front of the speaker hole IIRC, one in the middle and one at the rear, and the line rises a bit towards the rear. The rear one is at full arm stretch. You will get your arm in more easily if you go upwards at 45 degrees first up to the elbow, then down to the location of the nuts. Not difficult once you have found them. Then it's door card off and the fun begins.

Can anyone remember if there is another fixing near the mirror switch?

It varies with door car bolts. I've had chimaera with 3 bolts and others with 4 holding the door card on. They are all low down, and all have the one forward of the speaker hole that's the easiest to get to.

I can confirm that some only have three, having spent a long time with my hand and arm stuck inside that god forsaken place looking for number 4 as per a diagram I had.
With mine what had happened was the rubber had come out of the guide near the door lock, it was sitting in the bottom of the door.