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Originally Posted by aegisdrgn
Something I didn't mention in my notes and is shown in your "before" video is that if the bump stops aren't hit at the same time, the window doesn't roll up in a linear motion. You can see in the video that the window rolls "up", then "back" because it's hitting the back-bump stop after it hits the front (imagine the window pivoting like a clock hand counterclockwise around the front bump stop)
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Exactly. If while playing those video clips one focuses on the audio, two clicks can be heard on the 'before' clip where almost only one is heard after adjustment. Very close.
Let's mentally segue over to window adjustment and the fact that those stops are used for window alignment,
or are they?
They are, so that means the window regulator must be adjusted to maintain that orientation on the way up. It's important for regulator and that follower to be adjusted so the window doesn't bind in that mode.
The other important adjustment to watch is the force in which the glass scrubs against those felt-lined supports. That's a challenge and notably not covered in the instructions. I suggest that it may have been left up to the voodoo adjustment experts at the plant and is why many of the earlier first model year ended up with scored glass. It may even have been a single new guy on a particular shift that didn't get the memo.