Thread: Drivers window tips forward when going down

Hi, you can try to clean up the channel both sides with some dedicated compound suitable for such material and a soft tooth brush and give them dry silicone spray after if you dont see any obvious wear or cracks on them.... used to do wonders

is the window glass moving in it's (own) channel?

I'm thinking if it lifts off at the rear of the channel that holds the glass it would do the tipping movement.

Did you pull door apart when you replaced channel, of course no need too pull the upper channel out to replace regulator, but we have no info on how/what you did when you replaced channel.

Possibly one of the myriad of nuts/bolts not tightened, or came loose or something, throwing the mechanism out.

Mine did/does the same, since l replaced the regulator, some years ago. Not enough to notice, until the window is closed. The back reaches the top, ten mill before the front, but it all squares up once closed.

Thanks for the advice fellas. After having a good look at the window channel yesterday I've come to the conclusion that the channel is age hardened and not cushioning the glass as it should, if that makes sense. I removed the door card to observe everything and I think I'm on the right track, remembering or course that I'm not a panelbeater. So I'm going to order new channels for both the front doors and eventually the rear doors as well. The existing channels are 21 years old, the flock lining is none existent, and they probably need a rest. I'm also going to do the exterior rubber trim that goes against the glass, as they too are old and probably not working as well as they should. If I keep this up, eventually I'll have a brand new old truck.

Cheers, James

Are both the track rollers ok? they have a habit of wearing out and will do that. Are the 2 bolts that hold the window to the regulator mech tight?