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I am finally putting my doors back together with new rubber and channels.

I have the outside rubber wiper in place and the channel basically in place but when I try to install the window it is too tight in the channel to move up to allow installation of the screws that retain the window to the track.

Is there a process to install the channel such that it does not bind the glass? I suspect that I need the channel to be tighter to the door frame but not sure how to do that given its location inside the door.

I don't think it matters but at the moment I do not have the inside door trim installed with its wiper (also new).

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

When I installed the channel's in my 36 I made some 1/4" thick wooden squares to use a clamp of some kind to press the seal in tight. I let it set overnight and then did another section, Took 4 days to get all the way around door but the window ran up and down in the channel very nicely.

I made a form from piece of 1/4” plywood for the rounded corner (just a little bigger than the radius of the corner), using the glass as a template. This enabled me to use a hammer (on the form) to help form the corner. After the installation, running the window up and down, finished seating the channel and it was easy to operate the window.

Thank you for the insight, I thought perhaps I need to hammer the channel into place better but appreciate the confirmation. Trying not to use the BFH approach on assembly in general but sometime persuasion is required.

My BFH was a 16oz ball peen and more of a tap-tap than beat it into submission.

Yeah, I guess I got carried away with my metaphore as the amount of force required should not be all that high.

I wonder if using a little liquid dish soap as a lubricant would help? The buddy that helped me install the rear window glass on my ‘46 used a bit of that to seat the gasket. It worked like a charm.