Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: waltklatt on February 03, 2006, 14:13:58

Title: Drivers door glass alignment problem.
Post by: waltklatt on February 03, 2006, 14:13:58

I'm still fiddling with my drivers door glass in trying to get it to go up and down smoothly and fit snugly against the rubbers.
I think my windshield fram is bent back too far, and is pushing the hardtop back further than it should be.
The passenger side is snug and tight.  The hardtop sits a bit further to the front than the drivers side.  The difference is about 1/4".  So does this mean I have to pull on the windshield frame on the drivers side towards the front of the car to align it?
Or does someone have a better solution?
Walter Klatt
1967 220SL-diesel-bent windshield frame?
1963 230SL-gas

Title: Re: Drivers door glass alignment problem.
Post by: Cees Klumper on February 03, 2006, 16:59:24

I would expect the windshield frame to be quite sturdy, i.e. not so easy to bend forward. If you are certain that this is the problem, I would probably take it to a accident repair shop to get them to do this right, with whatever hydraulic tools they may have for this kind of thing. Is there also a possibility that the hardtop is not on straight?

Cees ("Case") Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

Title: Re: Drivers door glass alignment problem.
Post by: rwmastel on February 05, 2006, 10:52:58

On the side that you suspect is misaligned, does the leading edge of the door glass slide right up the a-pillar rubber seal and stay tight top to bottom?  On my car, as soon as the glass starts to come up out of the door, it is at or very near the a-pillar rubber seal and it slides right up it.  A misaligned a-pillar would change that.  Compare the two sides.

Rodd
Powell, Ohio, USA
1966 230SL, Euro, Auto, Leather, both  tops
1994 E420