Window Regulator

[VX KAT]

OH JOY! So today I took my VX to my mechanic to install the new regulator. (As much as I wanted to do this myself, my lack of free time is minimal) It's installed BUT it's binding in the front. The rubber guide is split and he says that is causing it to bind...He said that's what broke the regulator and has instructed me to buy that and he will put it in. I see it really is split, but wondering if this really is my issue. I read a few of the posts (thanks Kat for putting the links all together) and I see there are other reasons it could be doing this. Anyone replace this rubber guide thingamadoobie with success on correcting the binding issue?

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by the rubber guide is "split"…. Are you talking about the rubber strip the edge of the the glass goes into?

If it's that one, it goes around the glass edge, then down IN FRONT of the tweeter panel, where I'm pointing.

This is the rubber channel we suggest be kept lubed with something like pure silicone spray, or Teflon silicone. It has several channels within it, (not just the channel the glass edge goes in) and I wonder if that's what your guy means by "split"?

Also, some of us have widened the FRONT vertical metal track that rubber ppiece fits in to. I found that's where my window seemed to slow down a bit when going through the top part of that metal track. So I keep the entire front vertical part of the rubber strip well lubed there














WIDENING the metal track, so the rubber gasket has more room, so the glass edge doesn't get squeezed as tight and add silicone lubricant so the glass slides easily within the rubber channel.


1st pic BELOW has the rubber channel within the metal track, and the window edge is within rubber track.
2nd pic shows I pulled rubber away, and used a screwdriver to widen the metal "C" track. See all the scratches on the side of the vertical metal track, that's from me also using various pliers to bend and widen the track.

You can completely remove the rubber gasket, it's comes out/in very easy.




Hoep this helps!

[tom4bren]

Allison,

If you want a temporary fix till you can get a replacement seal, just cut the seal where Sue's finger is pointed in the first pic. Trash the piece in the front track & replace with felt weather strip from Home Depot or Lowes. I ran mine like that for several years till I finally got off my arse & put in an OEM seal I got from Sue. There are probably still pix of it in my gallery if you want to take the time to sift through all those pages.

Tom

[VX KAT]

Allison,

If you want a temporary fix till you can get a replacement seal, just cut the seal where Sue's finger is pointed in the first pic. Trash the piece in the front track & replace with felt weather strip from Home Depot or Lowes. I ran mine like that for several years till I finally got off my arse & put in an OEM seal I got from Sue. There are probably still pix of it in my gallery if you want to take the time to sift through all those pages.

Tom

She toldme the front vertical rubber gasket is all ripped and twisted, so I mentioned your fix when we spoke by phone, although I told her to cut it off a little further down, at the base of the tweeter panel. And told her to try your felt weatherstripping idea.
She was losing daylight so she would get back to it later.