Help! Window Removal!

[zeisshensoldt]

The original owner of my truck completely ruined the crank for the window inside the door. It's so horribly bent inside the door that it's nearly impossible to move. Anyways, I started off by removing the 4 screws for the crank and then the window crank handle. I then tried to force the window down from the top, to try and get the crank to pop loose down below the door, so i could remove it from the window, but regardless of what i did (me and the wife were hanging on the window trying to force it down) the thing would just not budge. Now the truck sits with its window 90% down, stuck. I try moving the window, but the crank being the way it is, refuses to let the window travel in any direction. Hoping someone knows a secret that i dont. Maybe, there's a hidden button that will spread the door apart so i can get to the insides.

 

[jatonka]

Get a new door. Or, getahold of one of the members in Maine who has worked on his window regulator maybe he can show you how to do it

 

[zeisshensoldt]

It doesn't seem at all complex, it's just stuck in the door from being bent and I don't really want to buy an entire door if i can end up getting out the crank with some creative thinking. I thought maybe there's a trick to doing this kind of repair.

 

[lawdog1623]

You should be able to remove many of the parts from inside the door through the access panel. I had to Tinker with mine too.

 

[zeisshensoldt]

How does the window attach to the regulator, is it with a screw or a clip? If I can get the window off the regulator then this should solve my problem.

 

[dikwks]

There is a clip on the back (as you are looking into the door from the access panel), it is circular with a rolled edge and a spring retainer on the end of the pin.

 

[doghead]

The "trick" is to read first, work second.

There are detailed instructions for this, in the Tech Manuals.

TM 9-2320-361-20​

11-5. CAB DOOR Glass AND WEATHERSEAL REPLACEMENT

 

[JCKnife]

I'm reading the TM now and it is very non-specific as to how to remove the fasteners from the door glass regulator assembly guides. It just says "pop off two pin fasteners."

I think if I had a little hand-mirror here I could see behind them and see how to pop them off, but today I don't.

EDIT: Ah, I was reading TM 9-2320-209-34-2-2 but I see that the one doghead referenced above DOES offer more detail about these clips. They appear to be C-clips. I will work from that premise and see if I can pry them out, blind.

 

[JCKnife]

Nope! Not a c-clip and I broke it during removal. But I have 5 doors here to pull from so I'll be fine. Photo for posterity.

 

[cattlerepairman]

Coincidentally I saw them on Erik's web site: Window Regulator Clip, 7529309
Says "temporarily out of stock" though.

 

[JCKnife]

Coincidentally I saw them on Erik's web site: Window Regulator Clip, 7529309
Says "temporarily out of stock" though.

White Owl has them in stock.

 

[randini]

I bought my from Jatanka (the spin-on oil filters)