TangoVino,
First off, there taint no easy fix coming out of my posts, secondly, there are no rollers. There are two "posts" that are riveted to the regulator arms that simply slide in the track. They look very much like a flat head or nail head, semi tubular tinners rivet. They have a series of three steps turned in the shank of the post. They each have two .100" thick leather washers installed before the rivet is set. This means that the post has to be removed and replaced to replace the leather. I can almost guarantee that the posts will have a flat spot on both sides where it has been sliding in the channel 56 years, more than likely without any lubrication since new. The washers are meant to ride on either side of the track when it is slid over the posts. The leather serves as a bumper or guide and also as a wick for lubrication. All of this dries out over the decades and I doubt if very many were ever lubricated after they left the factory. Remember now, these weren’t supposed to last 56 years!
There are a couple of pictures of the parts in my album, try here;
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2924571610098611668SAUVbW Sorry but no, I do not have replacement parts for these, I found very little interest when I brought this up previously, so it simply did not warrant any further production of the parts. After the research was finished on mine, I had planned to make up kits to restore the regulator post and would have been supplied with full instructions. This would have required a short production run of the posts and leathers.
There are nylon roller kits offered by some of the vendors. I have a set on the shelf that I bought to analyze. They apparently were meant to replace the original posts. I do not know how they perform since I am keeping my restoration factory original.
I do know that the window regulators as they were originally designed in my truck work very smooth and with very little effort with the new parts I’ve installed.
It was a lot of work but well worth the effort. If the gears are shot then the only thing to do obviously is replace the entire regulator. Luckily regulator was in very good condition and the posts and leather was all that was worn.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Pitts 38OscarBravo, G’day
