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Offline blown motor

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How do I remove window?
« on: March 03, 2015 - 08:58:53 AM »
I need to remove the door glass. I have the service manual to follow but still have some questions. When I remove screws like the up stops and from the lift bar, what do those screws fasten into? Is there a nut on the backside of the glass that needs to be held or are they fastened to something. Any other tips would be helpful. It looks like the crank/lift mechanism does not need to come out. Is that correct?
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Offline Racer57

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Re: How do I remove window?
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2015 - 09:24:58 AM »
Scroll down on this link and you should be able to find out everything you need.

http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=63290.0

Offline burdar

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Re: How do I remove window?
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2015 - 09:29:54 AM »
First, remove the rubber bumper at the bottom of the door.  This is the lower side glass stop.  With that rubber removed, you should be able to lower the glass all the way down to the bottom of the door.  Now you can get to all of the screws that hold the outer window fuzzies in place.  The glass will come out much easier with the outer fuzzy off the car.  Then it's just a matter of removing the fasteners that connect the glass to the crank mechanism/sliders.  The factory changed the glass hardware through out the years so I'm not sure exactly what was used in 74.  My 73 used these weird stamped steel nuts and fiber washers to hold the glass to the plastic sliders.


You don't need to unbolt the rear slide support from the glass.  You can remove the rear track along with the glass or keep it attached inside the door.  I would personally leave all the tracks in place.(less pieces to store and possibly lose)  You can remove them, refinish them and reinstall them right before you're ready to put the glass back in.
« Last Edit: March 03, 2015 - 09:38:09 AM by burdar »

Offline dodj

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Re: How do I remove window?
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2015 - 09:36:14 AM »
You don't need to remove the lift mechanism to remove the glass. The glass comes out the top, the mechanism comes out the side...eventually...once you find the correct orientation for it to slide out. Usually after a few choice words are vocalized. :grinyes:
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