I have spent a long time doing various searches for this but I am coming up empty handed. I must not be using the right keywords... There are plenty of How To's for rear windows and a few for pre 73 front windows (including the excellent https://sites.google.com/site/kdelimon/windowregulatorremoval that was referenced by JMakro at some point) but the later cars have the regulator in the upper part of the door frame instead of the lower part. Pre '73 on the left, '74 on the right.
Most write ups mentioned to remove the 4 10mm bolts that hold the motor around the large opening at the bottom half. I am assuming that on a '74, it is only 3 bolts in the upper section. I could simply disassemble everything but I want to avoid loosening any bolt that will cause misalignment, I want to be sure.
Once the regulator is out, I want to be able to get good access to the channels so I can clean them up. I assume the best way is to remove the glass for this. correct. Any chance of doing that without remove all the bolts that go through the glass (and which could crack if tightened too much). Thankfully DQ has a very thorough write up on this, (although I did not originally find it because I was using "front window" as my search criteria and that did not pull it up for some reason).
Thank you.
Most write ups mentioned to remove the 4 10mm bolts that hold the motor around the large opening at the bottom half. I am assuming that on a '74, it is only 3 bolts in the upper section. I could simply disassemble everything but I want to avoid loosening any bolt that will cause misalignment, I want to be sure.
Once the regulator is out, I want to be able to get good access to the channels so I can clean them up. I assume the best way is to remove the glass for this. correct. Any chance of doing that without remove all the bolts that go through the glass (and which could crack if tightened too much). Thankfully DQ has a very thorough write up on this, (although I did not originally find it because I was using "front window" as my search criteria and that did not pull it up for some reason).
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