window regulator question
 

I searched already and didn't have any luck finding the answer to this... Recently bought a 68 C10 that had been stripped down for a paintjob, painted and parked for 3 years before I bought it off my roommate. Long story short, put new regulators in it that had been in the bed, passenger side operates nicely, but driverside was really stiff from about halfway up to all the way up. Its not my daily driver, so I rolled up the window because I had to park it outside for a night, figured I'd mess with it later. Rolled it down for a drive around the block last friday then parked it in the garage, and then attempted to roll it up again tonight - kinda figured it either needed broken in or taken all back apart, but also figured it would last more then three 2-hand rollups/downs while it wasn't being used regularly...

bottom line:
Well, something got screwed up, as the window is down as it was, and as I tried to roll up, an ugly noise came from the regulator and the splined portion of it now spins freely without moving the window in either direction. Anybody have this or something similar happen? I'm having trouble seeing whats going on, and im not very familiar with window regulators as it is. ::sigh::

Re: window regulator question
 

Never had that happen, but it sounds like you need a new regulator...the spline itself sounds to be stripped off the gear that moves the window. At any rate, you get to take it apart again. :dohh:

Re: window regulator question
 

Sounds like you now need a regulator. When you first started to roll up the window, it sounded like to me that the sill was binding up in the weatherstrip. When you forced it up the rest of the way, you stripped the gear. WES

Re: window regulator question
 

ah, thats what i was afraid of. i was looking at it today, and the gear stripped off of the spline/opposite side of the handle deal sounds/looks about right. yay for taking everything apart again! anyhow, thanks for the responses guys. I'll see what I can figure out now.

Re: window regulator question
 

Hi all, I need to replace my window regulators as well, where is the best place to buy these online?

Re: window regulator question
 

Any of the BB vendors will have them.Make sure and specify side and year when ordering,72's were different.

Re: window regulator question
 

Thanks for the reply..."BB vendors"?? Sorry, lil help?

Re: window regulator question
 

Go back up to post#3 and click on link to classicheartbeat parts and Wes will fix you up. or there is a list of board vendors in my sig.

Re: window regulator question
 

Cool, thanks for the help everyone, appreciate it...now to tackle the actual install :D