New division bar felt torn up by window metal corner.

[Chilly178]

I was putting together a driver side door for my 67 c10 68 with a 67 vent window with parts laying around and I put everything together and put new precision seals in it as well as rebuilding the vent window and on the bottom right part of the window there is a metal channel that the glass sits in and and the corner of the channel is tearing up the felt going up and down. Window is hard going up and down because its catches on the felt in certain spots and is tearing it. Anyone ever hear of this? I'm letting the weatherstripping glue adhere for a bit longer with the window down but I don't know if something in the door is tweaked or what.

[Grumpy old man]

Check that the metal channel on the bottom of the glass is centered . It should be 3/4" in from both ends .

[Fbks_Cruiser]

I had a similar problem after replacing the division bar seal/felt. The channel that holds the glass had a sharp burr on the end of it that for some reason never snagged the original seal. I carefully filed the channel with a file I ground smooth along one edge so it would not nick the glass. Problem solved.

[Chilly178]

Some pics

[Grumpy old man]

It looks like the new felt isn't seated all the way in ? did you clean the old felt all the way out before installing the new felt ?

[Chilly178]

You are right it isn't fully seated with the adhesive I used for whatever reason that may be part of the problem. I wouldn't think it would be interfering with the riveting. I took some photos of the glass and I think the glass may have shifted back. I looked at the passenger side window and it looks more even how you were saying. Is there a way to adjust the glass on the channel? Also good way to hold the felt tight while it dries?

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by Fbks_Cruiser

I had a similar problem after replacing the division bar seal/felt. The channel that holds the glass had a sharp burr on the end of it that for some reason never snagged the original seal. I carefully filed the channel with a file I ground smooth along one edge so it would not nick the glass. Problem solved.

I tried to find the thread we had going about that problem, but couldn’t find it. As you likely remember mine was the same. I had to trim 1/2” off the edges of the bottom window sash on mine.

[Chilly178]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

I tried to find the thread we had going about that problem, but couldn’t find it. As you likely remember mine was the same. I had to trim 1/2” off the edges of the bottom window sash on mine.

By sash do you mean the metal channel the window sits in?

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by Chilly178

By sash do you mean the metal channel the window sits in?

Yep that’s exactly what I’m talking about. There’s a thread where fbks and I both went thru it.

[ghackett1]

Originally Posted by Chilly178

I was putting together a driver side door for my 67 c10 68 with a 67 vent window with parts laying around and I put everything together and put new precision seals in it as well as rebuilding the vent window and on the bottom right part of the window there is a metal channel that the glass sits in and and the corner of the channel is tearing up the felt going up and down. Window is hard going up and down because its catches on the felt in certain spots and is tearing it. Anyone ever hear of this? I'm letting the weatherstripping glue adhere for a bit longer with the window down but I don't know if something in the door is tweaked or what.

I put new division bar felts in as well when I redid both doors about 1 1/2 years ago. The windows on both sides started going up and down with much difficulty. I took the doors apart again and found the division bar felt on both windows had rolled up from the bottom and were snagging the windows. Eventually it pulled both window glass out of the of the tracks they are part of. Real Pita. I replaced the division felt, relubed the tracks and the glass now goes up and down with no problem at all. I have no idea what caused the division bar felt to roll up. They were definitely seated in there prospective tracks.

[57taskforce]

Believe me I understand, when I put mine together I was in the same boat. Pissed me off to have a brand new felt shredded. Hopefully yours will be the same fix as mine was.

[RustyPile]

I replaced both felt channels in my truck 4 years ago.. The channel piece that the glass sits was off center and rubbed against the old felt channel.. I re-centered the glass, lubed the regulator, and installed the new felt.. The felt does NOT need to be glued, just pressed into place and sprayed with a dry silicone type glass lubricant..