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Omar M. Shams
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Username: omar

Post Number: 712
Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Tuesday, 05 July, 2016 - 15:23:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Dear All,
The passenger side window on my 97 Azure has a broken part as can be seen circled in the exploded view below. Does anyone know where I can buy this part from? I think it is the same for the Continental R too.
Thanks
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Paul Yorke
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Username: paul_yorke

Post Number: 1567
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Tuesday, 05 July, 2016 - 17:45:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Hi Omar,

Sorry, I haven't had to replace one yet so can't help with sourcing one - but if it is the one i'm thinking off - and it comes to making a new one I'm pretty sure that you can get away with just a simple square or round one instead.
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Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov
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Username: soviet

Post Number: 550
Registered: 2-2013
Posted on Tuesday, 05 July, 2016 - 18:58:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Omar I think that part maybe nylon as it lifts the window in the runner. I'd try Flying Spares. If its not in their catalogue then email them. Another way you might go is to use a 3D printer. Loons here are making fireable handguns here using 3D printers. Yet another way to make one by hand out of a solid billet of brass from a household door lock.
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Omar M. Shams
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Username: omar

Post Number: 713
Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Tuesday, 05 July, 2016 - 19:05:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Thanks Paul and Vladimir.
I have temporarily made one out of aluminium but I will have to look for a proper plastic part to ensure silence when the window goes up and down. An Azure with a noisy window will be an unpleasant car. I may look to see what i can pinch from other cars that will be the same. I cant imagine this part to be bespoke.
Thanks
Omar
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Christian S. Hansen
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Username: enquiring_mind

Post Number: 306
Registered: 4-2015
Posted on Tuesday, 05 July, 2016 - 19:30:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Omar...
I am sure you have already considered the possibility...with appropriate horror!...that since the parts diagram does not list a separate part number for the glider part...yes, probably nylon or teflon for quiet sliding...that you have to purchase the entire lift assembly, in which case you will have a spare lift and an extra glider for future use. We are all familiar with the "you have to buy the whole assembly" game, right? Good luck there!
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Omar M. Shams
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Username: omar

Post Number: 714
Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Tuesday, 05 July, 2016 - 19:51:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Indeed Christian.
Even if i have to carve one out of bone, I will not buy the whole assembly from Bentley.
I will rummage around my box of window winder mechanisms to see what I have there.
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richard george yeaman
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Username: richyrich

Post Number: 552
Registered: 4-2012
Posted on Tuesday, 05 July, 2016 - 21:17:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Hi Omar if anyone sees a three legged camel limping around Dubai they will know it has made the ultimate sacrifice.

Richard.
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Brian Vogel
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Username: guyslp

Post Number: 1997
Registered: 6-2009
Posted on Wednesday, 06 July, 2016 - 02:46:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Omar,

I've gone through the glide replacement on multiple cars now, and I can pretty much assure you that the part is not bespoke.

Any glide, regardless of whether the shape is square [ish, like the original], oblong, or circular will work provided it fits within the guide track correctly and will push on to the metal pin on the arm that holds it such that it's not going to pop off easily.

I've personally far preferred circular glide replacements when I can source them in the necessary size. They tend to be far more substantial just because they're pretty much a solid plastic piece with a hole in the middle. All of the other glide shapes tend to be thinner around where the pin pushes in and also often have holes/cuts designed in that tend to crack at their weak spots over long periods of time.

My last go-round with this was for the passenger side front window on my 1989 Sedan de Ville. The original glide is this long oval shape that has a nasty habit of breaking on the top side of the very thin stretch above where the pin inserts. The round ones never have.

Brian
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Omar M. Shams
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Username: omar

Post Number: 715
Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Wednesday, 06 July, 2016 - 03:37:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Thanks Brian.
I wonder if the flat sections on this glide act as stabilisers that keep the window in the exact upward and downward trajectories. Given that the car is a convertible, the location needs to be exact. The rear window butts up close to the front one and you cant afford to have any gaps.
when I finish the job I will post a photo to see how close the fit is to original.
Thanks
Omar
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michael vass
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Username: mikebentleyturbo2

Post Number: 207
Registered: 7-2015
Posted on Friday, 08 July, 2016 - 02:08:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Dear Omar
I'm sure that part is the same as 2007 bmw 5 series and probably same on near models.
Have a look here
http://www.pelicanparts.com/BMW/techarticles/101-Projects-70-Power-Windows/Pic3-01.jpg
Hope that helps
Mike
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Omar M. Shams
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Username: omar

Post Number: 718
Registered: 4-2009
Posted on Friday, 08 July, 2016 - 05:51:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Dear Mike,
Many thanks for the tip.
I must say - the BMW part does indeed look like my broken component although not exactly.
looks like a trip to the breakers yard is in order.....
Thanks again Mike.

Omar
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richard george yeaman
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Username: richyrich

Post Number: 558
Registered: 4-2012
Posted on Friday, 08 July, 2016 - 08:04:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Sorry guys above is posted in the wrong thread maybe David will remove it for me cheers.

Richard.

Your wish is my command - done.

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