1949 F1 Regulator Problem

elmangle

elmangle

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Little help, guys! My pinyon gear shaft has sheared leaving the gear engaged and the window in the up position. So I have no way to lower everything so that I can begin the regulator removal process. Any ideas?
 
Thanks....I tried to do that yesterday, but couldn't get anything to budge....seems to be locked up somehow. I'll try again today. The only other option I can think of is to drill out the gear, which might not be easy. I wonder, too, if I could unbolt the assembly and drop everything down far enough to gain more access.
 
What do you think? If I disconnected the divider at the bottom, then disconnected the regulator, would the entire assembly lower far enough to remove the window clips so I could push the window up and secure it with tape, then remove the regulator in its extended form?
 
Since your regulator is toast anyway, my thoughts are:

carefully protect door and cut the regulator to handle shaft shaft off as short as possible

remove all regulator screws--dont forget the lower divsion bar hardware

make sure to open vent window to remove tension from division bar

bend down lower tab/bumpstop of anti-rattle felt at back of door

wiggle regulator back in towards door inside and see if the whole thing, glass and all, will drop down a little.

if that works, unscrew top scew of division bar and see if you get movement of the glass.

Goal is getting the glass down far enought to let you pull the snap clips holding the glass channel to the regulator assembly. After that it would be regular R&R procedures.

Good luck, you have a lot fighting you to try and NOT break the glass...
 
Thanks....I'll have help on it next Monday, so I'll tackle it then. I ordered the new regulator this morning and it's promised for Friday. I'll let you know how it goes.
 
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