As Mike suggested (see below), I went to the dealer
and bought a new retainer clip (about 3 bucks) and
installed it today. His directions below are
excellent.
The new clip kept falling out of the channel, though.
After a few rounds of this and giving it some thought,
it dawned on me that, when I had my truck repainted
in April, I had them remove all the trim around the
windows. This probably forced them to remove this
window channel, and in the process of reinstalling
it, they may have warped it some, expanding the
channel so the clip would not stay in.
I therefore carefully squeezed the channel in
strategic spots, the new clip now stays put and the
window works beautifully! Thanks Mike!
To other Dakota owners, I would recommend:
1. If you get your Gen I Dakota repainted, give
careful thought as to whether you want the window
trim removed first. My painter told me it was
a real pain the the #*$ and may have caused them
to be less than careful with re-installation. He
said he was forced to take the door glass out to get
all the trim off, and he was not real happy about it.
2. As Mike suggested, lube your window channels
with silicon spray. Mine were awfully dry and
the window glides up and down with ease now that
it is well lubed.
--- Michael Clark <magnumv8@wtez.net> wrote:
> Sunday, June 04, 2000, 8:51:38 AM, you wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
>
> > I have an 89 Dakota and the passenger
> > side door glass has decided to come loose
> > from the back edge glass rail (channel).
> > The guide is getting stuck where it goes
> > over a screw in the rail, and the window
> > pops loose from the guide.
>
> > Anyone have any experience with this?
>
> Jerald, I have had problems with my passenger glass
> doing this on my
> '93. I had to replace the little plastic clip that
> attaches to the
> window and rides in the rail. See if you can do
> anything to clear any
> obstructions (screw heads) from the rail that might
> catch on the
> retainer clip. After getting a new clip and
> spraying the rail with
> silicone lubricant (very important to keep it lubed
> well) I have no more problems.
>
> Also make sure you are getting the retainer clip
> seated all the way
> into the railing. I had trouble for the longest
> time with this until
> the windshield man showed me how to insert it. You
> have to pull the
> window forward reveling the small hole the retainer
> clips through near
> the top of the window.
> Snap the clip on the window edge(through the hole),
> then push the window rearward until
> the clip pops into the rail. I had this procedure
> all wrong, I thought the clip
> went in the rail first the then the window.....
> doesn't work no matter
> how hard you try it that way. And be sure the clip
> is not upside
> down, there is a lip on one side of it that must
> match the railing.
> You have to look/feel in there to figure out which
> side it should be
> on. Sorry I don't remember which side it should be
> on.
>
> I hope my ramblings help you in some way. You may
> already know all of
> the above stuff, but just in case I thought I'd
> share.....
>
> Good luck!
>
> --Mike www.mikesdakota.com
>
>
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