I spent the morning today attempting to install and adjust my newly anodized window frames and scratch free door glass on my '70E project. Man...I don't remember the job being this challenging when I did it on my RSR project. At any rate I need some help.
I tried to following the process that has been documented in a few other threads
1. Install the regulator in the door and make sure it operates freely
2. Slide the glass into the door and let it go to the bottom (gently as possible)
3. Install the outer fuzzy and inner squeegee seal
4. Move regulator up to half way position
5. Connect window rail to regulator and make sure it can slide back and forth and move up and down for the full range
6. Apply Sil-Glyde to window channel seals on frame
7. Install frame onto door ensuring that the glass slides freely in the channels
8. Fit and loosely tighten connecting pan head screws and hardware at front, rear and the one inside the door.
All this went as planned and I thought, "piece of cake" until I wound the window up and found it was cocked in the channel (See the first photo).
I knew from other threads that the angle of the window can be adjusted by loosening a nut at the back of the regulator and tilting the lift arm relative to the regulator. To get the angle correct, I measured the angle of the front edge of my window frame on my '73 RSR Clone and set the window on my '70E at that angle. I was not able to tilt the the window with frame installed so I had to remove the frame, set the angle to match my RSR and reinstall the frame. I loosely attached the pan head screws and rolled up the window. This time not cocked and nicely aligned. OK...Now I think I am pretty smart. However, when I roll down the window it pops off the regulator rail just below half way down. I investigate and find that on the way down, the window slid along the regulator rail to the end if it's travel (see second photo). It's as if the mount rail on the window needs to be moved more toward the center of the window.
I think there must be some way to set the tilt angle correct so that the window rolls up straight and square and stays on the rail for it's entire travel.
At this point I decided that I must be missing something and that it was time to stop and ask for help before I do damage to the glass or the frames or the paint.
Help please...What is the correct process for this?
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