Window and assembly removal • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **kek360** » 18 Apr 2005 20:34

Is there a good way to get the rear driver and passanger windows/assemblies out along with door windows/assemblies?, or do I just start unbolting and unscrewing everything. I guess I'll just have to go it alone :s022:

by **dave-r** » 20 Apr 2005 10:15

I think the rear glass is easy. The door glass is harder. You have to lift the glass out with some of the metalwork.

by **kek360** » 20 Apr 2005 20:05

So some of the hardware on the door window assembly stays attached as you remove. Thanks Dave, every little bit helps :wink:

I just didn't want to get into a bind reassembling the windows after paint ect.

by **kek360** » 22 Apr 2005 1:45

I removed the doors today and then contemplated the window and assembly removal, I stopped in my tracks

I just can't see it yet without wasting the glass :worry:

by **dave-r** » 22 Apr 2005 9:33

I think I removed all the adjustment bolts in the bottom of the door. And anything else that looked like it might be in the way.

The workshop manual is not a lot of help for removal but should help a lot for putting it all back.

I would make yourself very familiar with all the adjustments and what they do before you start if I were you.

You really need to get a workshop manual of your own if you are going to do jobs as involved as this.

by **kek360** » 23 Apr 2005 0:50

Your right: I had to Dremel a bolt out of the lower assembly arm that runs parrallel to the bottom of the door. Ended up making a slot in the horizontal guide to just get the window out,and the bolt is still on the window with its stupid washer nut:all fused together with rust.... the assembly is still in...six hours labor in all!! By far the toughest disassembly of the car so far :fight:

But thanks for all the leg work on the manuals...charging into it has worked up until now....your right:I need my own manual :oops:

by **kek360** » 25 Apr 2005 1:16

Finally have door window assembly removed and everything looks salvageable: Thanks for the diagrams Dave

But what would be the name of the best shop manual that I can get for a 73 challenger, and where can I get it?

by **dave-r** » 25 Apr 2005 8:13

http://www.moparmanuals.com do them on CD-ROM.

You will need the "Chassis and Service Manual" and the "Body Service manual" which comes to about $85 in total.

by **Christer** » 16 Dec 2005 11:55

On demand: Some additional info about the window regulator mechanism.

by **Christer** » 17 Dec 2005 13:51

....and here are three pages from the 1974 Body Service Manual.