Re: WC 53 window tracks


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Posted by Keith in Washington on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 12:57:05 :

In Reply to: WC 53 window tracks posted by Al on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 11:55:20 :

I actually made my own as they are not available. You could buy ones for the front window and cut and weld them to the correct size. I actually went to a auto glass place and bought the bottom grab rail which they sell as basic stock. To form the ridge on the bottom that the roller is held in place by, I welded a piece of welding rod along the bottom edge. I welded it in about 5 to 6 places. Be sure to weld the rod only on the side opposite where the roller runs or you will have hard spots when rolling the windows up or down. This method worked really well for me and the windows go up and down very smoothly. I also cut the ends to fit the metal frames that wrap the sides and top of the glass.

The window wrap along the sides and top is often rusted badly at the bottom. Mine were. To fix those I had some extra window wraps from the front windows. I cut the lower part off and welded them on where mine were badly rusted. I also did a lot of filling of rust pits and holes by welding. I would clamp a piece of flattened copper pipe to the window wrap as a backing behind each hole and then use my TIG welder to fill in the hole. The copper stopped me from burning through and also acted as a form for the inside of the wrap where I could not grind down welds. I also built the edges of the wraps back up the using the same method. If your wraps are too far gone you really do not need them. You can cut the glass slightly larger and it will run in the track just fine. If you look the edge of the wrap is the same thickness as the glass.



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