Re: [Amc-list] Fw: window regulator stripped/suggestions?

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

A friend's 74 Gremlin had a stripped winder also. 1972 was a ratio change too.
 
Ken 


Quoting tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>:

> 
> Sad to say, they were great in the early 60's, then terrible in 1970. Did
> they improve them after that? Man they are crap. No way to decently
> lubricate them. Door hinges too, and in Hornets, door skins crack. My 63's:
> original hinges, original (probably) window regs. It's a PITA to lube them
> (the American's, I took out at part of the car rejuve) but they are like a
> new car... if new cars had crank-up windows. Never have to slam the door of
> the early cars, just let it go gently... click.
> 
> Maybe 70 was a bad year. New design intro. Do the later
> Hornet/Concord/Gremlins have those door issues still?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Armand Eshleman
> <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 
> > wow,
> >
> > I knew there was a reason I push down or pull up on the window with one
> > hand
> > while I rotate the window crank with the other.
> > I have been moving windows up or down in the white Javelin like that for
> > ever. But I thought by 72 that AMC had modified the window mechanisms to
> > relieve the issues.
> >
> > Does anyone have a history of window crank improvements?
> >
> > did they get better over the years?
> >
> > they are somewhat interchangeable aren't they??
> >
> > Armand
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hi He's my problem.
> > >
> > > My 72' Javelin window regulator window crank splines are stripped. The
> > the
> > shaft coming out of the door panel upon which your place the window handle
> > on the splines and screw in the bolt that keeps its secure. Now the
> problem
> > is that the spines on the regulator are stripped.
> > >
> > > Years ago I had this problem and there was a repair kit/adapter that
> > slipped over the splines and you used two allen head screws (one on each
> > side to center it up) to secure an adapter and you installed the window
> > handle onto it.  Haven't sent them in years.
> > >
> > > Jim Craft in Nashville/Bethpage TN.
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