Fixed my window rattling today
11-30-2014, 07:15 AM
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Fixed my window rattling today
Quite proud of myself considering that I haven't worked on my car in a long time. I've had this rattling issue since probably 2001, maybe even as long as I've owned the car but haven't really cared to investigate it and much less so, fix it.
Below is a picture of the rubber channel that acts as a guide for the window when it's down in the door. This rubber piece is glued into a metal channel using Honda's standard caramel-brown, hard and brittle after 5 years compound from the 90's. After the adhesive fails or the rubber channel sticks to the window when it's going down one day and tears the adhesive, the rubber piece gets pushed and beat down by the window until it's sitting at the bottom of door. This was the end result of years of beating.
Click URL below for video:
http://vid299.photobucket.com/albums...pscb6devbp.mp4
Here's what I used to repair the channel, on top of anything else needed to remove/re-install the door panel.
Materials
3M Weatherstripping Adhesive
Heat Gun
Disposable Gloves
Bel-Ray Chain Lube
Paper Towel
Procedure:
1.) Remove door panel and separate window switch box from door panel to use for testing.
2.) Peel back plastic liner.
3.) Remove the rubber channel; look at the orientation after you remove it...it's not symmetrical. I didn't and had to guess when I glued it back in.
4.) Clean the metal channel and rubber channel to remove debris that would prevent adhesion.
5.) Apply adhesive to metal channel and spread evenly along the full length and all walls.
6.) Insert rubber channel and slide up to the top until hard stop.
7.) Pull lip of rubber channel over edge of metal (medial side only; think medial when door is closed). You'll see how it wants to wrap the edge of the metal channel.
8.) Clean up excess adhesive.
9.) Let adhesive set...not sure how long w/o looking at the instructions. brb
10.) Verify window goes all the way down. I wanted to test here before applying the lube to prevent a messy rework if I had to remove the lube.
http://vid299.photobucket.com/albums...psfmvjn9jb.mp4
11.) Lube inside of rubber channel with chain lube...or whatever lube you have. You could probably use astroglide, but it's water-based and probably wouldn't last too long.
12.) Reseal the plastic skin and re-install door panel.
Below is a picture of the rubber channel that acts as a guide for the window when it's down in the door. This rubber piece is glued into a metal channel using Honda's standard caramel-brown, hard and brittle after 5 years compound from the 90's. After the adhesive fails or the rubber channel sticks to the window when it's going down one day and tears the adhesive, the rubber piece gets pushed and beat down by the window until it's sitting at the bottom of door. This was the end result of years of beating.
Click URL below for video:
http://vid299.photobucket.com/albums...pscb6devbp.mp4
Here's what I used to repair the channel, on top of anything else needed to remove/re-install the door panel.
Materials
3M Weatherstripping Adhesive
Heat Gun
Disposable Gloves
Bel-Ray Chain Lube
Paper Towel
Procedure:
1.) Remove door panel and separate window switch box from door panel to use for testing.
2.) Peel back plastic liner.
3.) Remove the rubber channel; look at the orientation after you remove it...it's not symmetrical. I didn't and had to guess when I glued it back in.
4.) Clean the metal channel and rubber channel to remove debris that would prevent adhesion.
5.) Apply adhesive to metal channel and spread evenly along the full length and all walls.
6.) Insert rubber channel and slide up to the top until hard stop.
7.) Pull lip of rubber channel over edge of metal (medial side only; think medial when door is closed). You'll see how it wants to wrap the edge of the metal channel.
8.) Clean up excess adhesive.
9.) Let adhesive set...not sure how long w/o looking at the instructions. brb
10.) Verify window goes all the way down. I wanted to test here before applying the lube to prevent a messy rework if I had to remove the lube.
http://vid299.photobucket.com/albums...psfmvjn9jb.mp4
11.) Lube inside of rubber channel with chain lube...or whatever lube you have. You could probably use astroglide, but it's water-based and probably wouldn't last too long.
12.) Reseal the plastic skin and re-install door panel.
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