1952-59 Ford 55 fairlane window rollers

i am going to finaly start on the body and want to fix my window rollers while i got the door panel off. are the rollers for the thunderbird and truck the same? i would think think yes but not positive. this is what i found,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-1956-1...ar:1955|Make:Ford&hash=item19cdd561c7&vxp=mtr

 

I think Macs sells them also . I thought they were made of a metal and not nylon . I would check around for the metal replacements before buying ones made on nylon . I might be wrong because I haven't looked inside the doors for a couple years since I had mine apart .

Jim

 

The originals were metal but replacements from Mac's are nylon. If I recollect, the rollers from Ford were also nylon, that was 30 or so years ago.

 

Might be but I don't remember . Mine didn't work well when I got my 55 so I took them apart , cleaned them real good and put a little lube on them and they work just fine again !
Is your just junked up and stuck or worn out ?

Jim

 

well ive not taken the door panels off yet, i was gona be ready with new ones when i did. its the left rear and rolls down fine but cant get it but 3/4s the way bacj up. if i keep messing with it i will finaly get it up. then the next time my little girl gets in the car whats the first thing she dose? rolls down that window no matter how many times i tell her not to. i also am going to remove the rear outside door handles and get a new gl*** gut for one side that is cracked.

 

I'm guessing that if you take 'em apart, clean and relube the regulators, they will be a much better.

Mine were so gunked up from 50+ years of hardened white grease and crud ac***ulation that after a good cleaning and relube, they worked like new.

Several of the rollers were bad. I replaced all of them while they were apart but if I remember only the fronts were worn out.

 

Most gl*** shops will have the rollers I got some when i had some work done cost $2.50 each.

 

good idea jeff. good point ron the rears probably wernt used much like the fronts were.

 

ok got both rear doors guted and outside door handles removed. the problem rollers are the one that slide in the fixed track on the door. the ones on the bottom of the gl*** had been cleaned and greased. they left the other ones alone. why? if your going in there and doing it do it right. anyway getting new gl*** cut for the rear doors. now as cheap as i thought. bout 120$ for both. and i need to buy felt for them. humm well had to tell the old lady i was gona have to break into some household money and didnt get greif about it.

 

That's about the right price for flat gl*** . They usually get $50 to $60 per gl*** .
Hard to believe someone went through all that work and trouble just to do a 1/2 azz job but then nothing surprises me anymore after tearing my 55 apart ! Well at least it will be done right this time and finally completed !

Jim