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All the threads on this subject basically wish you the best of luck with doing this. I hope this will help. No intention of making it a fix all but at least I can show you where the adjustments are and what they do.
If you have worn hinge pins and/or bad rollers - fix them first!
See picture below for what all this is referring to.
The first step is loosen the upper stops (one at the front and one at the rear) and the two pads with felt on them at the top of the door.
Check how parallel the top of the window is with the top of the weatherstripping. Adjust the tilt until it is parallel. A little bit goes a long way here. Both bolts have to move together.
The main problem everyone seems to have is the in and out of the window at the top. That is because the adjustment for it is accessed upside down and is hidden when normally looking at the door. Loosen the two bolts and gently pull in or out on the top of the window, snug and re-try until you get it where you want it.
Now you can adjust the front to back.
During all of this remember you have the stops loose so you are in control of where the window stops on the way up.
When you have the window sitting against the weatherstrip as even as possible slide the front stop up and snug it down to where the window will stop there everytime.
The rear stop also adjusts in and out (white nylon V shaped bolted to rear lower glass)as well as up and down. Loosen the in and out bolt (also upside down) and adjust the rear stop up to where you want it and then adjust the in and out so the plate centers in the guide (this will make sense when you look at it).
Now slide the two upper plates with the felt on them out against the glass (not to hard) and snug them down. when you get the rear stop and the upper felt plates adjusted correctly the window should have very little play in it when it is all the way up.
The in and out adjustment on the rear stop is what keeps the window from pushing out away from the weatherstrip at highway speed.
If you have worn hinge pins and/or bad rollers - fix them first!
See picture below for what all this is referring to.
The first step is loosen the upper stops (one at the front and one at the rear) and the two pads with felt on them at the top of the door.
Check how parallel the top of the window is with the top of the weatherstripping. Adjust the tilt until it is parallel. A little bit goes a long way here. Both bolts have to move together.
The main problem everyone seems to have is the in and out of the window at the top. That is because the adjustment for it is accessed upside down and is hidden when normally looking at the door. Loosen the two bolts and gently pull in or out on the top of the window, snug and re-try until you get it where you want it.
Now you can adjust the front to back.
During all of this remember you have the stops loose so you are in control of where the window stops on the way up.
When you have the window sitting against the weatherstrip as even as possible slide the front stop up and snug it down to where the window will stop there everytime.
The rear stop also adjusts in and out (white nylon V shaped bolted to rear lower glass)as well as up and down. Loosen the in and out bolt (also upside down) and adjust the rear stop up to where you want it and then adjust the in and out so the plate centers in the guide (this will make sense when you look at it).
Now slide the two upper plates with the felt on them out against the glass (not to hard) and snug them down. when you get the rear stop and the upper felt plates adjusted correctly the window should have very little play in it when it is all the way up.
The in and out adjustment on the rear stop is what keeps the window from pushing out away from the weatherstrip at highway speed.
