So I know this has been beaten to death all over the place and everyone says the same thing, spray Lithium Grease into the channel and it's done. So here's where I'm at:
- Popped it back on, fell off (lasted a couple months)
- Bought Liquid Wrench Lithium Grease, as everyone mentions. Sprayed lightly in the channel, window up and down a few times to work it in. (Lasted a month)
- Loosened front track blot and lowered window, pulled track towards window and retightened. (Lasted a week)
- Pulled window out, rag on a pen and wiped the channels out, sprayed lithium grease into channels, reassembled. (Lasted a week)
- Pulled window out, pulled rubber channel out lightly to inspect for damage, no tears or stretched looks, wiped out completely, sprayed generous lithium grease on a clean rag and wipe the channels down completely, cleaned window, reassembled. (Lasted 2 weeks)
- Pulled front track off door, inserted 3 washers between channel and door to push bottom of the track away from the inside of the door (The window appears to push out while getting lower, before popping off) (Lasted a few days)
- Pulled window, pulled channel, pulled tracks, cleaned everything, lightly greased channels with Moly Graph (axle grease), cleaned regulator tracks and regreased, reassembled. (Lasted a week)
So I'm ready to just fling my door open as a truck passes and let them take it. Before I replace absolutely everything, what else can I do?
The window gradually gets harder to move until it eventually pops off the track and then it just gets stuck, obviously. It looks like maybe the rear of the window gets stuck (?) about halfway and the front of the window will move up a little more when going up, and then on the downward motion, around halfway, the front of the window is pushed down a bit and then it just pops out.
Check the channels, they don't look bent, they appear to have the same opening width all the way down, the rubber channel looks to be in good shape. Should I start with just the channel?
- Popped it back on, fell off (lasted a couple months)
- Bought Liquid Wrench Lithium Grease, as everyone mentions. Sprayed lightly in the channel, window up and down a few times to work it in. (Lasted a month)
- Loosened front track blot and lowered window, pulled track towards window and retightened. (Lasted a week)
- Pulled window out, rag on a pen and wiped the channels out, sprayed lithium grease into channels, reassembled. (Lasted a week)
- Pulled window out, pulled rubber channel out lightly to inspect for damage, no tears or stretched looks, wiped out completely, sprayed generous lithium grease on a clean rag and wipe the channels down completely, cleaned window, reassembled. (Lasted 2 weeks)
- Pulled front track off door, inserted 3 washers between channel and door to push bottom of the track away from the inside of the door (The window appears to push out while getting lower, before popping off) (Lasted a few days)
- Pulled window, pulled channel, pulled tracks, cleaned everything, lightly greased channels with Moly Graph (axle grease), cleaned regulator tracks and regreased, reassembled. (Lasted a week)
So I'm ready to just fling my door open as a truck passes and let them take it. Before I replace absolutely everything, what else can I do?
The window gradually gets harder to move until it eventually pops off the track and then it just gets stuck, obviously. It looks like maybe the rear of the window gets stuck (?) about halfway and the front of the window will move up a little more when going up, and then on the downward motion, around halfway, the front of the window is pushed down a bit and then it just pops out.
Check the channels, they don't look bent, they appear to have the same opening width all the way down, the rubber channel looks to be in good shape. Should I start with just the channel?
