HELP PLEASE with door glass install - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

KEH · 06-10-2003, 07:45 PM

Please help, I'm going crazy trying to get the doors back together. After the window is in, I can't get the vent in. I know it is 1st turned 90 degrees, but how do you get the vent past the opening between the window glass and the part of the frame that sits under the vent handle?

Thanks

western star · 06-10-2003, 07:59 PM

I hope I can help you. You install the window and let it go right to the bottom of the door then insert the vent window like you said. Keep everything loose until you get the vent window in place. You may have to angle the window glass slightly to the back. Don't force it as it may cause damage. Take you time. Have a beer and it will go together. Good luck.

KEH · 06-10-2003, 08:15 PM

Thanks Western Star. I still can't get it. I've got the door flat on a table. I think I will install the door 1st, maybe that will be easier.

my new 72 · 06-10-2003, 08:21 PM

Vent window first. It's the only way I know to do it.

western star · 06-10-2003, 08:30 PM

You install they way you took it out. If you put the vent window in first then there is no room for the window to slide in on the angle you need. Make sure the bottom guide for the window crank mech is not bolted up or you can't get the window low enough to get the vent window / window track in.

my new 72 · 06-10-2003, 10:46 PM

I have done it with the vent window in first. How do you think you replace a broken window? It's not by taking the whole vent window out, it'll go in just fine you just can't force it.

sbrban · 06-11-2003, 12:50 AM

I'd be interested in seeing that done,haven't been able to "bend" the glass enough to fit it in the track- what am I missing?

western star · 06-11-2003, 01:01 AM

Exactly..........Glass doesn't bend. I would like to see someone take a window out without removing the vent window.

JimKshortstep4x4 · 06-11-2003, 06:54 AM

I would be interested in seeing the door window installed after the vent window is in place, also.

Jim

dmurphy68 · 06-11-2003, 07:23 AM

I did it on my truck it just takes a little finess an time i had it in in about 1/2 hour with the ventwindow in just my .02
Darren

JimKshortstep4x4 · 06-11-2003, 07:58 AM

dmurphy68

Will you let us know how you did it?

Jim

dmurphy68 · 06-11-2003, 04:50 PM

I just put my vent window in and then slid my window in at an angle and the pushed it back twards the back of the truck into the felt and then slid it into the vent window track after i hooked upthe sliders. it took a little finess but it worked.
Darren

western star · 06-11-2003, 07:26 PM

You da man.

my new 72 · 06-11-2003, 08:02 PM

Told Ya it's not that hard.

cojnit · 06-11-2003, 08:18 PM

so what did we decide? cause I need to do this job when I get home!

I gots me a shattered passenger window to deals wit

*racedvl* · 06-11-2003, 09:05 PM

I always loosen the screws for the rear glass chanel. This way, it gives ya more room to work with.

06-10-2003, 07:45 PM	#1
KEH Better late than never Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Columbus, IN Posts: 324	HELP PLEASE with door glass install Please help, I'm going crazy trying to get the doors back together. After the window is in, I can't get the vent in. I know it is 1st turned 90 degrees, but how do you get the vent past the opening between the window glass and the part of the frame that sits under the vent handle? Thanks __________________ 1970 C/10 SWB Stepside

06-10-2003, 08:15 PM	#3
KEH Better late than never Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Columbus, IN Posts: 324	Thanks Western Star. I still can't get it. I've got the door flat on a table. I think I will install the door 1st, maybe that will be easier. __________________ 1970 C/10 SWB Stepside

06-10-2003, 08:21 PM	#4
my new 72 faster, faster, faster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston ,Texas ,USA Posts: 1,354	Vent window first. It's the only way I know to do it. __________________ I'm going to Law School, wanna debate? It's good practice.

06-10-2003, 10:46 PM	#6
my new 72 faster, faster, faster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston ,Texas ,USA Posts: 1,354	I have done it with the vent window in first. How do you think you replace a broken window? It's not by taking the whole vent window out, it'll go in just fine you just can't force it. __________________ I'm going to Law School, wanna debate? It's good practice.

06-11-2003, 12:50 AM	#7
sbrban Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 236	I'd be interested in seeing that done,haven't been able to "bend" the glass enough to fit it in the track- what am I missing? __________________ you never have too many suburbans....

06-10-2003, 07:59 PM	#2
western star Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Victoria BC Canada Posts: 198	I hope I can help you. You install the window and let it go right to the bottom of the door then insert the vent window like you said. Keep everything loose until you get the vent window in place. You may have to angle the window glass slightly to the back. Don't force it as it may cause damage. Take you time. Have a beer and it will go together. Good luck.

06-10-2003, 08:30 PM	#5
western star Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Victoria BC Canada Posts: 198	You install they way you took it out. If you put the vent window in first then there is no room for the window to slide in on the angle you need. Make sure the bottom guide for the window crank mech is not bolted up or you can't get the window low enough to get the vent window / window track in.

06-11-2003, 01:01 AM	#8
western star Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Victoria BC Canada Posts: 198	Exactly..........Glass doesn't bend. I would like to see someone take a window out without removing the vent window.

06-11-2003, 06:54 AM	#9
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	I would be interested in seeing the door window installed after the vent window is in place, also. Jim

06-11-2003, 07:23 AM	#10
dmurphy68 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Middletown ohio Posts: 1,058	I did it on my truck it just takes a little finess an time i had it in in about 1/2 hour with the ventwindow in just my .02 Darren __________________ The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour. - George Washington No free man shall be debarred the use of arms - Thomas Jefferson Later Darren http://www.myspace.com/dmurphy68

06-11-2003, 07:58 AM	#11
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	dmurphy68 Will you let us know how you did it? Jim

06-11-2003, 04:50 PM	#12
dmurphy68 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Middletown ohio Posts: 1,058	I just put my vent window in and then slid my window in at an angle and the pushed it back twards the back of the truck into the felt and then slid it into the vent window track after i hooked upthe sliders. it took a little finess but it worked. Darren __________________ The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour. - George Washington No free man shall be debarred the use of arms - Thomas Jefferson Later Darren http://www.myspace.com/dmurphy68

06-11-2003, 07:26 PM	#13
western star Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Victoria BC Canada Posts: 198	You da man.

06-11-2003, 08:02 PM	#14
my new 72 faster, faster, faster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston ,Texas ,USA Posts: 1,354	Told Ya it's not that hard. __________________ I'm going to Law School, wanna debate? It's good practice.

06-11-2003, 08:18 PM	#15
cojnit Nothing clever Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kailua HI Posts: 828	so what did we decide? cause I need to do this job when I get home! I gots me a shattered passenger window to deals wit



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06-11-2003, 09:05 PM	#16
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	I always loosen the screws for the rear glass chanel. This way, it gives ya more room to work with.

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