Installing window glass onto regulator - help!

[86 911]

Car is a '76 911 Targa to Cab conversion. A while back my driver's door latch broke so I had to remove the window glass to pull the old latch out.

Now it's time for installation. I re-installed the latch, window rails, and slid the glass window back down into the door. Now I can't figure out how to put the window onto the regulator track. Is there a trick for doing this? Do I need to angle the window a certain way to get it onto the track?

The Bentley claims "installation is opposite of removal" - not very useful when removal was done a while back and not fresh in the memory. Plus the book doesn't give a visual or highlight this step well. I searched the forum but there isn't much information highlighting this one particular step either.

Any help would be appreciated. Here is a photo of the window sitting at the bottom of the door with the regulator track disconnected. What needs to happen here?

[pete3799]

There should be a round cut out somewhere on the track that you can slip the one wheel into.
The other wheel should slide in from the end.

[86 911]

The only wheel I see is the one that the regulator arm is attached to which makes the arm slide horizontally. Should there be a wheel attached to the bottom of the window frame or on the back of the regulator? I might be missing it... hmm.

[86 911]

Bump - can anyone show me a proper schematic of this or where that little wheel is supposed to go... somehow I cannot find it on my mechanism... it may have popped off when it was taken off.

[group911@aol.co]

Don't have any good shots of it but if all else fails, pull the door panel off the other side to see what it looks like. Might be a good time to service that side too.

[javadog]

That looks like a later cross-arm style of regulator. There are a couple of technical articles that talk about these and how to change them. Have a look here:

Pelican Technical Article: 911 Window Regulator Replacement

There also another one in the same section of the technical articles page that has more photos.

JR

[86 911]

Thanks for the replies. I will take a look at it again and take apart the door panel on the other side if I cannot get it on.