[Amc-list] This is a Rant

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Has anyone tried to remove a door window from a
Gremlin, Hornet, or Pacer lately.

How in the holy H--- do you get those Torx bolts loose
which fasten the window to the window regulator?

The43 appears to be brass flat-head cap screws which
are designed to be loosened with a Torx T-30 bit. 
They thread through a nylon washer into another brass
or steel fasten supposedly captured by the nylon
washer.  If the insert turns in the nylon washer there
is no way to loosen the fastener.  This may not be
self-explanatory, but if you have attacked one of
these lately you know what I'm talking about.  You can
hold the nylon washer with a flat blade screwdriver to
keep it from turning but the insert sometimes turns in
the washer.  Then you are sunk.

I'm taking a used door to a local auto glass shop
tomorrow to get some advice.  I have cut a hole in the
front side of the door so that both sides of the
fastener are visible (and accessable) but I still
can't find a tool to hold the flanged fastener on the
rear of the nylon washer.  What an abortion of a
design.  Shame on the engineer who developed this
abomination.  May a pox be on him and anyone who
approved this design.

End rant.
Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA
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