RE: Window Closing Problems

So I pulled the door panel off of my driver side door to find out why my window was tilting and getting stuck about 3/4 of the way up. I read the post about a bar or bracket that comes loose and needs to be moved back and tightened. The only adjustable bar I found was a black plastic bar mounted to a slotted bracket. This bar seems to adjust the tilt of window but did not fix the problem I was having when closing the window. The mechanism that raises and lowers the window is kind of like scissors. Take a pair of scissors and hold them with the handle up and the points down (make sure they are closed). Imagine the window is mounted on the tips of the scissor blades. This would be the window in the open position. Now, open the scissors, holding them in the same vertical position. Notice how the tips and handle are closer together. This is the window in the closed position. The motor is hooked up to only on “handle” of the “scissors” and it is this “blade” that supports the back of the window, the other “handle” is held in place by a bolt and it’s “blade” supports the front of the window. It is the second “blade” that is the problem. It is only a thin (maybe 1/8” thick x 1.25”) metal bar. The bar mounted to the motor is much thicker and has bends in it to make it more rigid. I noticed as the window move up that this small bar was slightly bent. The window got about half way up the bar began bending more and more until the front end of the window tilted down so much it bound up and stopped the whole mechanism. The second bar may have been designed to be more flexible to allow the window some horizontal movement as it moves up and down. It seems though, that over time the bar becomes fatigued and bends too much. I tried to bend the bar back but there is such little room to work with and one slip of the hand and my window could break. The only fix, I think, is to replace the whole mechanism, not a cheap fix I’m sure. Now this is only my opinion based on what I saw. I didn’t compare it’s operation with the passenger side as I didn’t have enough time or plastic rivets to replace the panels. If anyone has any other comments on what it might be instead of this, please let me know, I really don’t want to have to replace the whole window mech. Hope this post wasn’t too confusing.

gosh, 6 months and no replies?

I can tell you this, the same problem exists on my venture. I have to "guide" the window up. Kind of a pain, but...

The local auto shop said that is a common problem with ventures of that year. It need the "sissor" arm replaced. I forget what they call it tho. One place told me I had to buy the entire arm with motor,. and it was like $500 at a dealership. The salvage yard said $60 but the shop highly discouraged using a used replacement part - said the same will occur again.