Mates,

Passenger rear window is on the fritz so took off the door panel to have a look. The window glass is supposed to sit in a folded rubber strip, captured in a metal U-channel, bolted to the top of the window regulator. Two bolts hold it in place.

Well in my case this U-channel had caught on something and one end of it was bent down, opening up the U, and releasing the glass. OK that's a mystery - but first things first.

This channel was literally so rusted it has holes clear through. Yikes.

Question: is this a common failure point? I know the regulator wheels seem to be a trouble spot - mine are fine - but I can't find mention of this channel being a problem. Furthermore, it does not seem to be a part of replacemnt window regulator assemblies.

So, again: common failure? should I go 'round to each door and inspect and replace? Jeez...

 

Sounds like maybe your window seal is bad and it is letting rain water inside the door.
I have not heard of this before.

 

Hey spike - that would be true! Water is getting in the window. But... I was always under the impression that doors were designed to take on water and weep it out the bottom - the window seal was never presumed to keep the insides completely dry.

 

Yes car doors are designed to take on some water, there are drain holes at the bottom. However, if to much water is getting in and it cant drain out fast enough...

 

Follow-up: on inspection I see that dreaded Mr. Rust has taken up residence in the bottom of the door and is busy munching away at the sheet metal from the inside out. Crap. Oh well, what's another weekend of quality Rover-time? Looks like now is the moment for opening, wire-brushing, cleaning, and Rust-Bullet-ing the interior of the doors. Seems like I shoulda gotten more than eight years outa whatever LR used to coat/paint the interior of my doors.

I love this truck!

 

Are the drain holes clogged?

 

Drain holes are clear, except for the bastard rust bits falling through! [:@]

 

https://www.roversnorth.com/parts/as...door_glass_dii

Yeah I know this thread is from 2008, but I have a seriously rusty rear door glass channel I need to replace. Looks to be a little cheaper than buying a used Ebay window, and I don't need an extra window laying around in storage. Is there any secret to how they attach to the glass other than squeezing/crimping with the rubber channel insert? I just had my door apart this weekend, and was able to crimp the rusty channel with the rubber insert back to the window, but I know it's going to fail soon. IF ANYONE HAS A CLEAN USED ONE I WILL BUY.