Window Roller Orientation

[algirdas]

Dear All:

Today I disassembled my passenger side door window. The door did not look as if anyone had previously taken it apart. In taking it apart, I noticed that the rollers on the sliders were oriented vertically (i.e. the tube going up and down). The manual appears to have the rollers oriented horizontally (i.e the tube going side to side).

Which is correct?

By the way-removing the door glass was not much fun.

Sincerely,

Algirdas

[Gordon]

I did both my doors recently, one of which I'm quite sure had never been apart since the factory.
All my "rollers" were fitted vertically too, so I guess that's right...
Having stripped and cleaned everything, and rebuilt with petrolleum jelly as the lubricant, they work pretty well now...
(Especially with my nice new weatherstrips!)

[M100 TWO]

Algirdas the rollers are vertical and face each other, I filed a chamfer on the leading edge of the channel so the roller would not snag, also the only way for me to get the glass in was to release the bottom of the sliders so they would give me a greater angle, there was a lot of cursing a second pair of hands is most helpful believe me
john

[algirdas]

Dear Gordon and John:

What do you use as the lubricant in the entire channel? Petroleum jelly? Lithium grease? Regular grease?

The manual says to re-assemble the "rollers" (bit of a misnomer since I can't see how they can ever roll) with petroleum jelly. So, do I use petroleum jelly on them and grease in the rest of the channel?

Sincerely,

Algirdas

[Gordon]

I've used Petroleum jelly on the whole lot (sparingley) with good results. That was my interpretation of the manual...

Make sure you clean any contamination off any rubber (weatherstrips for instance), as it'll rot rubber quite quickly (as would LM grease for that matter).

[M100 TWO]

Algirdas I use Super Lube synthetic grease with synocolon (ptfe) it is very good for brake sliders also www.super-lube.com
it is also impervious to salt water
john