HELP needed: How to disassembly vent window door frame from channel? see picture

i want to rechrome the frames, therefor i have to disassembly the window channel.

i drilled out the two rivets in the bottom, but how can i get the channel off the frame on the top without damaging something (see red ring on the picture)???

There should be a screw in the top section that holds the window channel to the frame. I will be under the channel felt seal that is installed in the window channel itself.

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thanks, so i have to disassmbly the whole felt seal channel first?

how to do this without deforming it?

i tried it, but no chance to get the felt seal out of the window channel

Looks almost the same on all Buicks from 1951.

Leif in Sweden.

thats great leif, thanks! in which book i will find such explosion views?

and does anyone know how to disassembly the fuzzy felt seal in the channel to get a view on the little screw?

Body and Chassie Master parts books from 30s to late 50s.

Leif in Sweden.

i have the 1955 chassis and body parts book, but there not much information in it.

maybe i find other books...

but thanks for your help again.

i have the vent window frames now in parts

if you know how it works, its really easy.

Isn`t it a Shop Manual you have?

Leif in Sweden.

i have also the shop manual, but in my opinion this book is a piece of sh....

the chassis and boy parts book has charts from all combinations, some explosion views and many pages with article numbers.

buick55,you need books like those,but of course original books are the best,but proberly with a much higher price.The best for you if is the books ended in 1956 as those ones.The Pictures are from "faxonautolite".

Leif in Sweden.

yes, i found both books on ebay, waiting for an answer now for shipping. thanks

Buick-I just went through this process with a 53 70 series on which we rechromed the pot metal frames. The main window glass channel is riveted to the u-shaped metal frame. If you drill out the rivets which you would need to do to replace the glass channel it will expose the attaching items between the pot metal framework and the main glass channel. You'll see the rivets on the backside of the main glass channel. It 's a lot of work but the main glass channel fuzzy is usually worn out at this point anyway.

Restoration Specialty in Windber, PA will sell you new glass channel pieces to rivet in.

marty Lum