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mod58 · 12-31-2009, 09:08 PM

Is there a trick to changing the sash chanel on side door glass.I have new glass but don't want to break it!Thanks

Chief Bail · 12-31-2009, 09:18 PM

Wish I could help yea bro. Im just learning myself. So please let me know what you find out. Im gonna do it someday myself.

72 CustomCamper · 12-31-2009, 11:46 PM

You could try using a heat gun to soften the glue up...

Chuck

Prong · 01-01-2010, 06:58 AM

If you're talking about the felt rubbers, you can remove the door panels to get some wiggle room. I've done them like that with a pocket size screwdriver. You obviously have to be really careful with the paint and the glass, but it is possible.

mod58 · 01-01-2010, 11:06 AM

No,not the scrapers,The metel chanel that holds the glass it self.Thanks

**old Rusty C10** · 01-01-2010, 11:08 AM

that unbolts from the door skin ( rear one) the other is part of the wing window assembly but i do believe youre going to have to pull the glass to change that whole channel felt

**nlped** · 01-01-2010, 12:21 PM

^^^I pulled out everything when I changed out my door rubber. The stuff is hard to coax into place on the vent window part of the primary glass channel, but just go slow and it will fit. If you are doing the main glass rubber, are you going to do the vent windows too?

mod58 · 01-01-2010, 12:38 PM

This is the metel chanel on the bottom of the glass that the window regulator rollors go in to move the glass up and down.the glass sits in this chanel and is held in by a stip of rubber and is basically wedged in to this chanel.

joe231 · 01-01-2010, 01:19 PM

I think heat will probably be your best bet.
my question is why are you changing it? If it is wedged in there good, then it is working. I got a nasty scar from trying to pull the metal off of the glass on an extra window I had. I was prying on the metal when the window shattered.

**old Rusty C10** · 01-01-2010, 01:34 PM

i tend to agree with joe on this one.. if you already have a broken window then you will have to heat it up and use a screwdriver to get all the old junk outta there

12-31-2009, 09:08 PM	#1
mod58 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hammonton,NJ Posts: 152	Help changing door sash channel. Is there a trick to changing the sash chanel on side door glass.I have new glass but don't want to break it!Thanks

12-31-2009, 09:18 PM	#2
Chief Bail Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: winston-salem n.c. Posts: 475	Re: Help changing door sash chanel. Wish I could help yea bro. Im just learning myself. So please let me know what you find out. Im gonna do it someday myself. __________________ 1979 GMC Sierra 15 1986 Danco Rollback 454 4spd 1986 Jerr-Dan Rollback 454 4spd 1978 GMC Jerr-Dan 454 Tonawanda 4spd FOR SALE 85 Chevy Wrecker 454 4spd AATAC Always a Friend...Michael

12-31-2009, 11:46 PM	#3
72 CustomCamper huh ??? Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fredericksburg,Va. Posts: 3,368	Re: Help changing door sash chanel. You could try using a heat gun to soften the glue up... Chuck __________________ 90 Blazer Silverado 350w/ 700R4 and 32" Kelly's "I am a bomb technician. If you see me running try to keep up!"

01-01-2010, 06:58 AM	#4
Prong Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: CO Posts: 475	Re: Help changing door sash chanel. If you're talking about the felt rubbers, you can remove the door panels to get some wiggle room. I've done them like that with a pocket size screwdriver. You obviously have to be really careful with the paint and the glass, but it is possible.

01-01-2010, 11:06 AM	#5
mod58 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hammonton,NJ Posts: 152	Re: Help changing door sash chanel. No,not the scrapers,The metel chanel that holds the glass it self.Thanks

01-01-2010, 11:08 AM	#6
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,310	Re: Help changing door sash chanel. that unbolts from the door skin ( rear one) the other is part of the wing window assembly but i do believe youre going to have to pull the glass to change that whole channel felt __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

01-01-2010, 12:21 PM	#7
nlped Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hayden, Al. Posts: 4,148	Re: Help changing door sash chanel. ^^^I pulled out everything when I changed out my door rubber. The stuff is hard to coax into place on the vent window part of the primary glass channel, but just go slow and it will fit. If you are doing the main glass rubber, are you going to do the vent windows too? __________________ Carter 1968 Chevy SWB Fleet... Walt 1963-1/2 Ford Falcon Futura...Martha

01-01-2010, 12:38 PM	#8
mod58 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hammonton,NJ Posts: 152	Re: Help changing door sash chanel. This is the metel chanel on the bottom of the glass that the window regulator rollors go in to move the glass up and down.the glass sits in this chanel and is held in by a stip of rubber and is basically wedged in to this chanel.

01-01-2010, 01:19 PM	#9
joe231 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Palmer, Alaska Posts: 13,821	Re: Help changing door sash chanel. I think heat will probably be your best bet. my question is why are you changing it? If it is wedged in there good, then it is working. I got a nasty scar from trying to pull the metal off of the glass on an extra window I had. I was prying on the metal when the window shattered. __________________ *CHEVY ONLY*

01-01-2010, 01:34 PM	#10
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,310	Re: Help changing door sash chanel. i tend to agree with joe on this one.. if you already have a broken window then you will have to heat it up and use a screwdriver to get all the old junk outta there __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

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