greasing passenger window tracks

[1971ford]

my passenger window was really stiff so my dad adjusted the track with that hex-head at the bottom of the track and now it works alot better but still a little stiff. it is still rubbing on the rubber tracks (the tracks that are the ones visible, connected to the turny corner window) alittle.
is it ok to grease those?

[fordman]

grease what exactly. im not sure what your talking about. if it the black fur no dont grease that.

[1971ford]

not the horizontal fur stuff, the vertical rubber that the window slides through.

[fordman]

it will get grease all over the window if you do that. those are rain seals anyway. they should be tight against the window. iit mihgt be the lower track where the wheel runs from the window regulator that you could grease. that mihgt help unless something else is wrong.

[1971ford]

ill try to make it more understandable,
the first thing i tried was greasing the lower track. i greased it behind,in front of, and around the thing that slides through the lower track. that didnt help at all.
the window would be hard to crank in different spots because it would hit the rubber im talking about in those spots. so he adjusted the hex head right by the lower track that i greased. that helped alot but it is still a little hard to roll down or at least harder than the drivers window wich rolls down with ease.
now the points where it is a little hard to roll down are the points that it rubs up against the rubber still.
so im wondering if we could grease that.

[fordman]

you could try a silicone spray on it. i would use grease that will smear on the window.

[1971ford]

fyi, you accidently put would instead of wouldn't.

ok. but even if i did use grearse, it wouldnt get all over the window, just the very far left and right.

[fordman]

oops n't i guess thats up to you then. crc 56 is the spray i have seen that works.

[Banjo]

I'm with fordman, I would not grease your rain/dust shields, that will keep your window greasy with about anything you'd use to grease. If your window isn't rolling up and down smoothly (mine weren't), I'd take the door panel off and clean the tracks/roller best I could in truck w/brake cleaner and let dry and then shoot w/PB Blaster and let that sit awhile and then shoot with white lithium in spray can, the points where plastic wheel touches track and contact points. I've done it both ways, NOT cleaning the track thoroughly first (and just adding more grease) and propertly cleaning the track first and then greasing and the 1st method (not cleaning) resulted in very marginal repair and I have to take door apart and do it again, because still hard to roll up. Doors are aggravating to take apart.

[1971ford]

ok, i wont grease the rubber weatherstripping. i have greased the lower track you are talking about, but i just greased it and didnt clean it or anything first. ill go do that now. thanks for the input guys

[1971ford]

well i just cleaned it out or the dirt and i put a little bit of brake cleaner around the thing that slides on the slider, put a little bit of grease on the track again and fiddled around with it alot but it didnt get any better. oh well ill just leave it like it is. it isnt that bad right now.