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Tom Cavallaro · 11-24-2013, 08:02 PM

On the driver side, my window will drift down while driving about an inch. If I have this same window down, it will drift up about an inch. What's happening and what do I need to do to correct it?
Thanks in advance.
Tom

1967 Ford · 11-25-2013, 12:47 AM

Mine does that also, but I usually have to drive the car more than an inch to have it happen.
(Sorry I had to throw that in....) I suspect a new window regulator would fix it. If there is a easier and cheaper way maybe one of our other members would know.

jw hash · 11-25-2013, 08:58 AM

inside your winder on your window regulator there is a clutch spring that will not allow the window to move without turning the handle. I think you have a broken clutch spring. some of the regulators are easy to take apart and fix, and some are a pain to take apart.

bobv · 11-25-2013, 09:48 AM

Clean and oil worked for me.

Tom Cavallaro · 11-25-2013, 07:07 PM

If it is a broke clutch spring...is it a replaceable part, and who would have it..(part numbers) if possible.
Thanks so much.

Tom Cavallaro · 11-30-2013, 07:41 AM

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1930 coupe, I actually thought about that being a possibility, but the fact that it rides up when I have the window open dispels that, as many times as I have had this handle off. I can wind it up and down effortlessly but drifts one and a half inches in either direction.

Tom Wesenberg · 11-30-2013, 12:57 PM

I also think it's the clutch spring in the window regulator. The heavy counterweight spring must be in good order since the window can drift up or down, but the clutch lock spring isn't holding the shaft tight.

John Kuhnast · 11-30-2013, 01:14 PM

Mount the handle such as the weight of the handle tends to hold it up when closed and down when open

BILL WILLIAMSON · 11-30-2013, 03:57 PM

Chief's Tip# 119, would probably been, "Jist hang a Bull Durham Tobacco sack, full of gravel, on the window crank goody, to keep it up"!! Bill W.

11-24-2013, 08:02 PM	#1
Tom Cavallaro Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Barrington, NJ Posts: 280	Door windows. On the driver side, my window will drift down while driving about an inch. If I have this same window down, it will drift up about an inch. What's happening and what do I need to do to correct it? Thanks in advance. Tom __________________ I work very hard to avoid all and any mistakes. I thought I made a mistake once, but I was wrong.

11-25-2013, 12:47 AM	#2
1967 Ford Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Near Olympia WA Posts: 33	Re: Door windows. Mine does that also, but I usually have to drive the car more than an inch to have it happen. (Sorry I had to throw that in....) I suspect a new window regulator would fix it. If there is a easier and cheaper way maybe one of our other members would know.

11-25-2013, 08:58 AM	#3
jw hash Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Auburn Washington Posts: 2,662	Re: Door windows. inside your winder on your window regulator there is a clutch spring that will not allow the window to move without turning the handle. I think you have a broken clutch spring. some of the regulators are easy to take apart and fix, and some are a pain to take apart.

11-25-2013, 09:48 AM	#4
bobv Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Baxter, MN. Posts: 150	Re: Door windows. Clean and oil worked for me.

11-25-2013, 07:07 PM	#5
Tom Cavallaro Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Barrington, NJ Posts: 280	Re: Door windows. If it is a broke clutch spring...is it a replaceable part, and who would have it..(part numbers) if possible. Thanks so much. __________________ I work very hard to avoid all and any mistakes. I thought I made a mistake once, but I was wrong.

11-30-2013, 07:41 AM	#6
Tom Cavallaro Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Barrington, NJ Posts: 280	Re: Door windows. Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) 1930 coupe, I actually thought about that being a possibility, but the fact that it rides up when I have the window open dispels that, as many times as I have had this handle off. I can wind it up and down effortlessly but drifts one and a half inches in either direction. __________________ I work very hard to avoid all and any mistakes. I thought I made a mistake once, but I was wrong.

11-30-2013, 12:57 PM	#7
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Door windows. I also think it's the clutch spring in the window regulator. The heavy counterweight spring must be in good order since the window can drift up or down, but the clutch lock spring isn't holding the shaft tight.

11-30-2013, 01:14 PM	#8
John Kuhnast Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 564	Re: Door windows. Mount the handle such as the weight of the handle tends to hold it up when closed and down when open

11-30-2013, 03:57 PM	#9
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: Door windows. Chief's Tip# 119, would probably been, "Jist hang a Bull Durham Tobacco sack, full of gravel, on the window crank goody, to keep it up"!! Bill W. __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"