Window track off?

[yteka99]

A while ago i noticed a weird vibrating noise coming from my driver door on the inside of the panel. I took off the door panel to look and the bracket holding the track to the door was snapped in half. So i had to deal with it a while and had my cousin weld it when we got time to do it. I'm thinking he welded it a little bit off or something because the window only goes about half way up than it stops and i half to pull back on the window to make it go the rest of the way up. I remember we took out the weather stripping when we did it to take it all apart nd it pinched together a little bit but we opened it with a screw driver just prying at it. When we first finished it went up/down just fine and worked perfectly. Can weather stripping alone cause this problem or do you think it might be both contributing to the problem?

[Hooligan]

Originally Posted by yteka99

A while ago i noticed a weird vibrating noise coming from my driver door on the inside of the panel. I took off the door panel to look and the bracket holding the track to the door was snapped in half. So i had to deal with it a while and had my cousin weld it when we got time to do it. I'm thinking he welded it a little bit off or something because the window only goes about half way up than it stops and i half to pull back on the window to make it go the rest of the way up. I remember we took out the weather stripping when we did it to take it all apart nd it pinched together a little bit but we opened it with a screw driver just prying at it. When we first finished it went up/down just fine and worked perfectly. Can weather stripping alone cause this problem or do you think it might be both contributing to the problem?

I think both, being off with the welding will cause binding, and it doesn't take much to stop the window. You may be able to find a new track and a salvage shop. A couple of people are parting out PT's on this Forum.

[quicksilverdon]

I had a used car for my daughter where the electric windows were "tired" - would only go so far, then you'd have to pull up to help.
I sprayed silicone spray in the channel with the window all the way down, and it worked.
Can't hurt.

[yteka99]

It's not that their "tired" its that it gets stuck. It gets wedged at the front and the back lifts out from that sideof the weather stripping. So I have to pull it towords the back to put it in place.

[quicksilverdon]

Then you changed the geometry with the welding - maybe you can bend the bracket to fix it?

[yteka99]

It looks straight to me and my cousin who welded it. Would a tiny variation effect it or do you think i would notice the difference?