rear sliding window
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Lower Mainland B.C.
Between the vent window and main window there is a metal tab that holds the outer metal door skin and inner metal door skins together, so a tab from each skin that is spot welded together with 1 spot weld, this weld can break, then the gap between inner and outer door metal "grows" and no matter what you try the vent window seal will LOOK like it is too small to cover over the outer door skin and leave an air gap. CHECK THIS TAB. If the weld is broken you can use a self tapping screw to attach them back together, the screw wont interfere with any seals, the gap should be consistent all the way along where main window and vent window sits.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 1,782
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From: Lower Mainland B.C.
Sometimes new seals / weatherstripping aren't perfect and can have "extra" material that needs to be trimmed to get a good fit, I had to trim bits when I did my vent window seals, I got mine form Macs auto parts.
Cargo Master
Joined: Jul 2015
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From: Aransas Pass, Tx
Between the vent window and main window there is a metal tab that holds the outer metal door skin and inner metal door skins together, so a tab from each skin that is spot welded together with 1 spot weld, this weld can break, then the gap between inner and outer door metal "grows" and no matter what you try the vent window seal will LOOK like it is too small to cover over the outer door skin and leave an air gap. CHECK THIS TAB. If the weld is broken you can use a self tapping screw to attach them back together, the screw wont interfere with any seals, the gap should be consistent all the way along where main window and vent window sits.
It also still leaks air... I can see daylight above the pivot point... Kind of tired of messing with it at this point.
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