mandyfig

Where do you go Nalley Smyrna or Roswell?

OBP

Hi Mandyfig

I usually go to Nalley Smyrna but my goodwill fix for the split rubber housing was done in NJ. I just sent you a PM.

mandyfig

Cool. Who is your service advisor normally?

2007sc430

After the dealer was nice enough to replace mine under factory warranty, it tore AGAIN. Now I only have CPO warranty left so I doubt they will cover it. One thing I did notice was that there was a lot more tension on the driver's side that keeps failing. The tech said he checked the window last time to ensure that it was opening correctly and he confirmed that it was. I'm starting to think it has something to do with the way it is attached to the door since the way it's connected looks slightly different on the passenger's side. I will try to take some photos.

Harold57

More than likely, if your gasket is tearing that soon, your window needs adjustment. It is my understanding that there are two adjustments for the window: one for height and one for angle. Both are just one bolt. The one for height is in the window track at the front end. (I will be investigating the height adjustment myself before too long since my windows need to be lowered also.)

Does anyone have pictures or diagrams of the two adjustment points?

VVTiBob

This thread, post #19. Two PDFs attached there. The second PDF gives the procedure in steps 24 & 25. Also includes all measurements.

kjcole

Mandyfig: Looks like your glass needs the adjustment in step 25. Looks like that stud bolt adjustment needs to be tightened to lean the glass to the outside more?

Harold57

Thanks Bob. I guess I got lazy. I thought that I had seen it somewhere but have so little time right now that I didn't search like I should have.

nwcn98

Where is the pdf? Am I missing something? I've gone through each post in the thread

VVTiBob

Go back to page 2 of this thread,
scroll to find post #19 (post numbers are in the top right corner, this post is "#70")
Within the post there are two links to PDF documents
Click on the first link and voila' the door components are shown. Click on the second one and you'll find the steps to adjust the position of the glass within the door.

If you go to page 3, post #32, you find the info on the part needed to make the repair posted from Sewell, a CL authorized vendor. You can compare their price with the CL discount to other retailers.

scdroptop

iTrader: (1)

I can confirm that the gasket/seal is not replaceable under CPO...I tried. Noise, rattles, etc are not covered.

Conversely....However I have had the Platinum ESP before and it DID cover it on my 2002 with 25k miles back in 2006.

Harold57

If the window rises above the weatherstrippng, the window needs to be lowered or else it will just rip the weatherstripping again. Loosen the 2 bolts pointed to in the pictures below and raise the window to the point where it ought to be. Lower the two stops to the window stops and retighten. Then check the window position again. (The second two pictures show the stops from the top. The stops/restraints are the black rectangular rubber pieces between the glass and the door frame in the pictures.)

I used your bungee cord trick Mandyfig, it sure made it easier this time.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...nks-zgone.html

kjcole

Mine tore slightly as well. Just for the heck of it I put a little piece of wax paper over the glass edge and then dabbed on a few layers of liquid electrical tape. Working pretty well. I don't expect it to be durable, but so far so good.

nwcn98

Great post! Question - do you adjust the glass to be at the weather stripping or slight below it???

Harold57

What I did was to raise the window to where it looked correct for the old weatherstrip first. The window was raised to where the old weatherstrip rip could barely close over the top of the window. That way I wouldn't have to worry about damaging the new weatherstripping.

Then I replaced the weatherstripping and raised the window again. The weatherstripping was a little loose around the top of the window, so I loosened the front restraint and bumped the window up just a bit to where the window was just barely starting to stretch the weatherstripping. Then I tightened the restraint back up.

If there is too much slack in the new weatherstripping, loosen up both restraints and bump the window up until it looks right. If the window distorts the weatherstripping, it is too high. The top edge of the weatherstripping should not create more than a slight bump at the top where the window contacts it. If the bump is large, it will wind up tearing the weatherstripping again. (Sorry, I don't know how to be more precise on this, it is kind of a judgement call / gut feeling type of thing.)

Hope that helps.