Any window gap gurus out there?

I’ve spent a few weekends trying to sort out the window gap on my 94’ 456GT. Many hours and one shattered window later, the status is as follows: passenger side window is now perfect. So satisfying! Daniel’s steel bolts did the trick, whole thing looks like new really. (Thanks Daniel!!!)

The driver side is a different story, but for a weird reason. After about two days of trial and error, I managed to get the gap down to what I would call acceptable. The difference between driver side and passages side is simply due to so much more wear and tear on the mechanism on the driver side I think, and possibly because I was a bit more careless when drilling out the old bolt on this side. But anyway, after several hours of trying, the gap is now so small that I doubt any rain will ever get in, and I could always just tape it up when pressure washing.

However, the fit towards the B pillar rubber gasket is super tight, making the window’s journey to the top a few seconds slower when the door is closed. It was really painful to watch because it traveled so slow. And then the mechanism suddenly gave in, and one of the plastic sliders (the stationary one) popped out from it’s lifting arm, making the whole window slide out of its rail. My heart skipped a beat as I thought the window was going to break (again!!).

So my question is this: What black magic do I have to summon to be able to adjust the window’s tightness towards the B pillar gasket? I feel like I’ve tried all the various adjustments a million times, even adding four washers on the top adjustment for the back slider, to push the back slider outward, away from the b pillar rubber gasket.

Anybody else experienced similar issues while fixing the window gap??

 

I believe the window glass is tilted a bit back (i.e towards the inside of the cabin) and not exactly parallell to the B pillar. However; I'm not sure, as I wouldn't know how to check it? I'm only assuming as it's pressing quite firmly towards the B pillar rubber gasket when being elevated, slowing down the window elevator quite a bit compared to when being raised when the door is open (and therefore no pressure from the B pillar gasket is being exercised on it)

How did you break your window? I'd love to know to make sure I don't do the same. I'm literally scared of experimenting with the whole mechanism now after breaking one myself. But I broke it tightening one of the bolts in one of the fittings too tight, the fittings that secure the glass to the elevator.. Stupid mistake maybe, but at the same time scary to know that it is actually possible to break the whole thing with the tightening of a screw.

And lastly; I'd love to know where you added this pivot point? That sounds exactly like what I need to do!

 

@franschman Sorry now I understand what you mean - you mean whether its parallell or aft as in aft towards the rear of the car. I'll have to check that. However, lifting the glass upwards in the front part so it tilts more aft has actually kind of been what I've been trying to do all along as I guess that's what removes the window gap.. but that specific adjustment option is the only one not available as far as I've seen. But ironically my window gap is not acceptable, and the problem is the tightness towards the gasket (i.e tight towards the cabin of the car)

 

That is exactly how I broke my window

but what about this new pivot point you mentioned, where did you put that?

 

I read the thread now @franschman , incredible work!! Surprised I haven’t seen that thread before considering all the time I spent trying to figure this out. Anyway; If you would be interested in making one more driver side set of lifter arms I’d be VERY interested in buying!!