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shaky windows (GQ)
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 10:22 am
by griff
The old GQ wagon window regulators seem to shake, rattle and roll even on the bitumen these days.
The car was raised in The Pilbara and now lives in Nhulunbuy (well what do ya expect ya silly ****!).
Anyhow, any cheapo suggestions? Or am I once again attempting the impossible/shovelling **** uphill?
(New bushes on the regulators?)
Suggestions appreciated!
Re: shaky windows (GQ)
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 10:27 am
by bogged
griff wrote:The old GQ wagon window regulators seem to shake, rattle and roll even on the bitumen these days.
The car was raised in The Pilbara and now lives in Nhulunbuy (well what do ya expect ya silly ****!).
Anyhow, any cheapo suggestions? Or am I once again attempting the impossible/shovelling **** uphill?
(New bushes on the regulators?)
Suggestions appreciated!
replace them with new ones, may seem expensive, btu when you work out they will last another 10+ years its not really that bad.
Now, electric windows, or winders etc.. are the rubbers where the window runs worn?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:29 am
by griff
Windey windows and yeah the rubbers are slightly perished - still dust proof though - if the wife remembers to wind up the damn things...
Probably have to pay in Gold Dust at the Holy Grail of 4x4 Wreckers...
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:33 pm
by swbpatrol
i thought they all did this. Do they???. So i must have the same problem :-(
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 1:10 pm
by Daisy
mine are electric windows.
Wind them all the way down.. they rattle like farken!!!!
wind em all the way down then up a centimetre.. no rattles.. no idea why it does that. But quite annoying when offroading
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 2:25 pm
by swbpatrol
What makes the f##k##s rattle. Is it the channeling or the winder guts? Do people with the quarter windows have this drama or is the ones with the whole window piece?
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:25 am
by griff
Was in town once
Bloke looked at it says it was the winder guts/regulator bushes.
One peice windeys on this rig..
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:46 am
by bazzle
Both manual and electric winders are the same part.
$80 about for new ones from Hall 4x4 wrecking in Bayswater Melb.
Bazzle
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 10:18 am
by swbpatrol
i might grab 2 new ones and see how i go. Has anyone here got a GQ with tight windows?? or can i keep spending and never get it perfect?
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:58 am
by griff
Rear passenger ones are the worst on my wagon. However there's a bloke I know who's are as tight as a Witch's proverbial..
Then again his GQ is pretty shiny...
re: shakey windows
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 8:20 pm
by WXC
Thanks guys, i've been wondering for the last 6mnths where in hell the rattles were coming from!!
I've been taping up all the door hinges, packing the rubber seals out so the doors are tighter, even cranked the old bottle jack up tight enough to bend the metal out of shape where it sits!!! And now i read this and it all clicks!!!
BLOODY WINDOWS!!!
