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[beemerduck]

My drivers side rear window opening bracket has broken off where the catch meets the window frame, hence window flapping about and won't shut.

will I have to change the whole window, or can I just change the mechanism or maybe a repair?

any help would be appreciated.

[miniman86]

i think i remember someone saying its a specialist job changing things like rear window frame etc, u may be better off buying another window, im sure someone on here must have one!! i think ive got one, ill have a look if your interested?

[pikey7]

i'm relatively sure they can be brazed back together, but how long it would last is another question. I'd replace the frame (and the seal). I may have one (although They are in the garage loft, so don't expect a quick answer if I have one! ) I know I've only got one good one though, and I can't remember which side it is.....

[beemerduck]

cheers guys, if you do have one that would be cool, is it easy to change the glass?

[minimadjonesy]

sorry, is it one of the two front hinges or the locking hinge at the rear that's gone?
may have one in the garage

[pikey7]

dead easy to change. If you can operate a screwdriver without adult supervision.....

[beemerduck]

dead easy to change. If you can operate a screwdriver without adult supervision.....

agghhh screwdriver? erm... a real one?

[Dan]

i'm relatively sure they can be brazed back together, but how long it would last is another question.

Seems a little extreme as they are only riveted together as standard.

The early type side windows have the frame rivetted together around the glass, this is the type which need specialist rebuilding. Later windows have the frame held together with a screw which once removed allows the frame to be removed from the glass so that you can rivet all the parts back together. Don't know where you'll get the rivets though. Get the rivet heads inside the frame as flat as you can so they don't hit the glass when re-fitted and use a new glazing rubber in the frame to seal the glass as well as fitting a new body seal while you're at it.

[pikey7]

depends on whats broken. The latch on my car had the bracket actually snapped around the rivets, and thus would need brazing back together (or replacing, I wouldn't trust it to not fail again!). If it has just come unriveted, then yeah, that solution is a little extreme.....

[beemerduck]

depends on whats broken. The latch on my car had the bracket actually snapped around the rivets, and thus would need brazing back together (or replacing, I wouldn't trust it to not fail again!). If it has just come unriveted, then yeah, that solution is a little extreme.....

its snapped clean off where it meets the window frame