Removing front door glass?

Hello all,

Finally getting to replacing door grab handle (top part clip) to stop my handle popping out every time it's used… & thought I'd replace one of the glass rubbers I bought months ago. But I cannot get the glass out to allow me to replace the seal. What bolts should I be releasing to enable to glass to be freeeeeee?

I've sorted this one now !

Whilst I still don't know how to remove glass, I released the bolts furthest from the centre runners which allowed me to slide the glass to the left so I could replace the window runner seal… Happy days !

To remove the glass there are 2 10mm bolts in the middle of each plastic holder.

Roll or move the window half way up or down so that you can see the bolt through the longer of the holes in the rail.

Remove the inner and outer scraper, remove the 2 bolts and the window will pull up and out.

Briano1234 said

To remove the glass there are 2 10mm bolts in the middle of each plastic holder.

Roll or move the window half way up or down so that you can see the bolt through the longer of the holes in the rail.

Remove the inner and outer scraper, remove the 2 bolts and the window will pull up and out.

Thank you kindly 🙂 !

I am trying to remove the glass from my front doors and have removed the 2 bolts which pass through the bottom left of each piece of glass but I cant simply pull each piece out because each is gripped by 2 rubber-lined lifter channels at the bottom and I cant work out how to release those.
I imagine that the fit was always snug by design but due to the passage of 30 yrs it might be that the rubber has deteriorated into effectively a very good glue.
 I might be able to free them by giving each a really big yank but I'm anxious that this might damage something e.g. I might bend some metal structural part that resists me doing this.
has anyone else come across this problem?…how might I overcome it?
a friend of mine who worked at rover said that their cars had a similar fitting and they used to have a pliers-like tool that you used to pull open each channel but I cant find such a tool on the net - has anyone heard of such a tool and where I might get one/use one?
thanks
ben



 

The glass is connected in 3 ways.

The two screws through the bracket on the side.

1 x 10mm bolt through a peice of plastic on the opposite side

And then the runner inbetween them both, I stripped a mech down today so I happen to have a photo of it out!




Hope that helps

Si

Hi Si,

Thanks very much for your replay and photo.
I know about the 2 bolts on the left hand side in your picture - I've circled those in red.
I did not know about a 10mm bolt on the opposite i.e. right hand side but in your picture I have circled where this might be in red…is that correct?
as regards the runners (indicated by the yellow arrows) , these grip the glass very, very firmly in my car so my questions is how do I release these so that I can take the window out?

No worries, so the one you've circled in blue is just a nut, remove that abs the plastic just sits over a welded bolt, it might be a tight fit but it just pulls away (towards you) get a small blade screw driver under the plastic to try and free it

The one in the middle on the on the runner, yellow arrow, that should slide off one end - left in this photo I believe

If you drop the bolts attached by the green lines it will give you more wiggle room as the entire mechanism will be able to move left / right

Hi Si,

Please can you clarify:

What tasks do I need to complete to remove just the window glass? - so far these may be..…

1. For each door, remove the two bolts in the red circle - done!

2. For each door, detach the the 2 lift channels (https://www.vwheritage.com/shop/golf-mk1/171837571A/window-lift-channel-front-or-rear-mk1-golf-jetta-caddy-le/?crumbStartPage=2&crumbStartRow=14) from the window glass.
These channels are pointed to by the yellow arrows in my photo and are lined with rubber seals/inserts (https://www.vwheritage.com/shop/golf-mk1/831837565/seal-window-lifter-channel-various-vws/?crumbStartPage=2&crumbStartRow=14) which very firmly grip the window glass.
I think that in order to remove the glass from the door I need to sufficiently loosen their grip on the glass so that I can lift the glass up and out through the long and narrow aperture at the top of the door where the window scrapers are.
How can I loosen their grip?..or is it the case that can I remove the window glass without needing to do this?

3. In your reply you've mentioned there is a '1 x 10mm bolt through a piece of plastic on the opposite side' - I suggested it was where the hole was circled in blue in blue but it's not clear from your reply whether I was correct so please can you advise?

thanks
Ben