Window Winder

Went to wind my drivers side window last week and it got 3/4 of the way up and the handle just went round and the window did not go up or down.

Lucky I was in the work car park and could leave the window open and thank god the rain held off.

Anyway ordered the late bay window winder from VW heritage on Friday and it arrived on the Monday.

Managed to remove the old one push the window up and hold it up with a piece of wood over the weekend.

So removed the old one by taking off door card.

Removed all screws and fixings

Still got the original moisture barrier plastic intact 

Once all removed started to look at removing the regulator mechanism. The Brazilian bays have two 10mm bolts around the winder handle and then pot rivets for the upper and lower mounting of the regulator.

Winder bolt holes

Drilled out lower rivets

Drilled out upper rivets

To remove the regulator I removed the window clamp from the regulator and taped the window in its up position (away from the drilling of the rivets) Drilled out the rivets.

Then I lowered the glass down. Removed the 10mm headed screw which holder the lower part of the quarter light and left window channel.

Now comes the fun part. You have to waggle the regulator around and somehow slide it between the above bolt and the channel. Its quite tight between them but after a log of pulling and tugging it comes free.

Once the new regulator arrived it was time to put it back in. I had to enlarge the top and bottom mounting holes to allow a 10mm bolt to go through as it had tapped threads instead of pot rivets. So  decided a bolt in classic bay style was better.

Now one the regulator is out you need to push the window back up and hold it up with some tape. Then waggle the new one in. After some pushing and pulling it went back it. Bolted all 6 bolts to fix it in place and replace the bolt which holds the channel in place.

Now push the window back up and attach it using the bolts through the large holes at the top.

No I have left the door card off for now to see how it all settles in. All good after a week.

Looking inside the bottom of the door there is not much evidence of the waxyol I put in a few years ago. I am going to paint loads more before putting the card back on.