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Help me help you Seal fitment, Started a new thread to deconstruct this |
Mikey914 |
Aug 10 2022, 04:50 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,677 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
This was brought us as an issue and I'm really trying to figure this out. Any ideas of why the window would look lower and have a gap here.
Here were my thoughts - I keep looking at this and something doesn't look right. Given that the blocks are identical to the factory ones in shape and durometer, what would the solution be here? There appears to be a 1/2" section of rubber not fully seated, Is it holding it out? Could the amount of butyl behind the "chrome" be holding it down slightly? I don't think that would be the whole story. The triangle window looks like the top is seated deeper than the cap. Almost like if the top of the triangle window was shimmed out more it would push the bottom of the cap out more to "close the gap". This appears to be where the failure is - at least in my eyes. I've seen many of the caps worn and look slightly deformed from the top of the glass pushing it out, but not here. It looks like it's barely engaged. Why it would sit lower is beyond me. The initial complaint was it was too tight, which would hold it up. Submitted to the brain trust Attached thumbnail(s) |
Root_Werks |
Aug 11 2022, 04:46 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,334 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
The picture with the yellow 914 the post looks too high and too far back. Should be closer to this:
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bbrock |
Aug 11 2022, 05:34 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
The picture with the yellow 914 the post looks too high and too far back. Should be closer to this: I agree completely with this, but IIRC, there is no vertical adjustment for the post. There is fore-aft adjustment at the bottom that pivots the top of the post fore-aft but I believe the pivot also determines the height of the post which is not adjustable. Did I miss that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) My car looks like the yellow car pic and all of the opening dimensions are right at factory spec. I'd love to drop that post down a smidge but the gods are witness that I tried. |
bkrantz |
Aug 11 2022, 08:54 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,801 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
The picture with the yellow 914 the post looks too high and too far back. Should be closer to this: I agree completely with this, but IIRC, there is no vertical adjustment for the post. There is fore-aft adjustment at the bottom that pivots the top of the post fore-aft but I believe the pivot also determines the height of the post which is not adjustable. Did I miss that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) My car looks like the yellow car pic and all of the opening dimensions are right at factory spec. I'd love to drop that post down a smidge but the gods are witness that I tried. I will repeat what I tried (on both sides) on my yellow car. The photo shows the fit with the top of the channel adjusted all the way forward and all the way inward. This means the adjustment at the base of the channel in the door bottom is all the way rearward and outward. I even tried to use all the freeplay in the holes at the top of the door to shove the channel forward. And that is correct about adjustment: nothing for up and down. |
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