No worries Chuck ;
This explanation is as clear as glass .
Where didja get the parts ? .
-Nate
Chuck wrote:
>
> Tom,
> I re-read the question, I may have missed something in my answer. The rivet and the plastic piece come together. This is why the rivet has to be drilled out of the arm. Ask again if I am not answering the questions you have.
>
> As a follow up. the rivet piece is concave, so the ball peen hammer takes those outer high edges and flattens them to push down on the arm thereby securing the arm to the slide.
>
> The problem is lack of room to swing the hammer. Or the jewelry hammer I was using was too lightweight. Which is why I may have to do the repair again.
>
> Chuck
>
>
> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "c24052000" <jcrcpa@> wrote:
> >
> > I drilled out the old male protrusion from the lift arm. Grinder on drill to level out, and then drill bit to punch it out and enlarge the hole a bit. The replace ment piece fits in the slide, raise or lower winder to line up pieces, and then take a ballpeen hammer to flatten out the metal that is sticking out like an axle. What you are doing is similar to a rivet.
> >
> > swmbo does jewelry, so I have seen her do this with her craft.
> >
> > I did not get it real tight because of the lack of room, but I don't think there is a lot of in/out pressure only left/right. If it fails again, I have a second repair piece. Some sites say to take out the lift and flatten the connection. I was afraid I would never get it back in.
> >
> > The first time I did the repair on another window, I drilled out the connector from both the arm and the slide, and replaced it with a nut and bolt. It hasn't failed, and that was the driver's window.
> >
> > I had to fix the window because swmbo said it looked like _____ to have tape holding up the window. The tape was clear not duct tape!!!
> >
> > The door panel is tricky also. unscrew everything, lift up with a putty knife from the back and front to elevate the clips straight up to release the panel.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, audiolaw@ wrote:
> > >
> > > Chuck,
> > >
> > > I'm fascinated by your comment about the window lift. Nate just
> > > replace the lift units in the driver's side front and rear doors (300SD). The
> > > plastic slide in the rear door had split. We couldn't see anyway for it to
> > > be a replacement part. So we P-a-P'd a 'new' rear lift.
> > >
> > > Were you able to replace just the plastic slide piece? If so, HOW did
> > > you get it over the large rivet head that it fits around?
> > >
> > > The 300SD front door lift had broken two rivets, rather than the
> > > plastic slide piece.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 12/20/2011 1:06:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> > > jcrcpa@ writes:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sunday I finally repaired the rear window lift mechanism (the plastic
> > > slide had split in two)cheap part, my labor, also replaced the air cleaner
> > > mounts, replaced the two hood springs, and my aux fan switch arrived so that
> > > is next. Now I need to order the air cleaner mount bracket which has one
> > > end broken off, and a new antenna.
> > >
> > > Chuck
> > > 84-300sd
> > >
> >
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