How to remove driver side window
05-06-2012, 04:38 PM
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How to remove driver side window
My window broke inside the door so I found someone parting out a cherokee and I'm going to go get their window. What are the steps I take to removing the window and installing it?
05-06-2012, 09:49 PM
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You have to remove the wing window in order to get the door glass out of the frame. There are two screws on the front of the window frame and another bolt behind the door panel that hold the wing window assembly in. You have to wrestle the assembly a little to get it out of the door. There is a single bolt or nut holding the glass to the regulator, once the wing window and that single bolt is out the glass will just pull up and out. The hardest part is getting the weather strip around the wing window frame seated back into the door frame.
05-06-2012, 09:55 PM
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You have to remove the wing window in order to get the door glass out of the frame. There are two screws on the front of the window frame and another bolt behind the door panel that hold the wing window assembly in. You have to wrestle the assembly a little to get it out of the door. There is a single bolt or nut holding the glass to the regulator, once the wing window and that single bolt is out the glass will just pull up and out. The hardest part is getting the weather strip around the wing window frame seated back into the door frame.
05-06-2012, 10:09 PM
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You do not have to remove the wing window! Pull the trim that keeps the window in track and remove the bolt that holds the window to the regulator. Now with the window going up with no tracks the window can move towards the outside of the jeep. It will be able to come out of the frame and keep going upwards till it's free
05-06-2012, 11:31 PM
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You do not have to remove the wing window! Pull the trim that keeps the window in track and remove the bolt that holds the window to the regulator. Now with the window going up with no tracks the window can move towards the outside of the jeep. It will be able to come out of the frame and keep going upwards till it's free
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