Front Passenger Window Problems

[looops]

Hi all.  MK1 1998 2.3 Galaxy, family car for 10 years and it shows.

 

The front left window parted company from the regulator's clamps.Took off the door card and found a clamp in the bottom of the door and also one rubber and one foam 'window guide'  No idea where these came from. 

 

The right hand clamp had no rubber sleeve whereas the left one did. I cut-off a piece from an old car mat and put the glass back into the clamp. Now when the window is put up it binds up about 2/3 of the way to the top and stops and retracts.  If I separate the glass and the regulator the window travels smoothly all the way and the regulator goes up and down smoothly all the way.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Cheers

Paul.

 

 

 

[BrianH]

Would sound like possibly your rubber mat is not the right thickness and its causing the glass to catch on the runner to me. Can you find anything thinner of the same material (tyre inner tube for example may work?)

[gregers]

sounds like the regulator wire has overun to me?

 

if thats the case you can buy repair kits on ebay.

 

or obtain another complete regulator,iirc even though the mk1 and 2 are different the actual components are the same,if that makes sense.

[looops]

Thanks both. You can see how my weekend is going to pan out.

[Stevemc0]

The other thing you could try is the interior mirror sticky patch that maybe thin enough