Truck window

[AKwelder]

I have a ford f350 that’s an old beater.  I use it for random hauling. The drivers window keeps having the metal track on the bottom come off.

 

any recommendations on a new adhesive to use to keep it together?

[lorenzo]

If its the newer style they snap in , there will be two holes in the bottom like the second photo. Pull the window gasket out with the window down then roll it back up and you will see the hole  and the little lip that it  snaps into. 

[AKwelder]

No hole in mine.  I’ll get some pictures 

[AKwelder]

Here is my bracket

 

 

like I said, it’s an old beater

[IHKeith]

I'd use urethane sealer, the type intended for windshields.  When I worked at a GM dealer, urethane was the approved adhesive used for such repairs.  The truck doesn't look too bad in the pics, old but no rust blisters or holes visible, and the window track doesn't look rotten, it's a gem!!

[lotsaIHCs]

When I worked in a body shop in high school (many years ago!) We used something called channel grip for windows like that. It comes in a roll and in different thicknesses. It's kind of a rubberized cork looking product. Also heard it called window grip. My 56 chevy pickup uses it on the windows. Urethane works great for that also, but if you ever break a window you have to dig it out of the channel to install a new one. I also used The Right Stuff on a pickup window once and actually still have it. The window is still in it and rolls up and down just fine. I gave it a few days to fully cure before using the window though.

[Ian Beale]

When you get it back together puff powdered graphite on the window channels whenever the winder gets tight

[stronger800]

What they said.  Clean it out and glue it in there with some adhesive.  That windshield  urethane is Strong. Real strong.  Probably $50 a tube though. 

[tinnerjohn]

Urethane works good, be sure everything is clean and use something at each end of the channel to keep it centered on the glass. The cardboard cover  fron single edge razor blades works good.  I've seen doorglasses break for the channel being cocked on the glass!  

[AKwelder]

Thanks for the input guys, I will talk to the parts store again.  They are so lost.

[lotsaIHCs]

Broncograveyard.com has what you are looking for. They call it window setting tape or something similar. If you can't find that, the urethane or other thick adhesives like the thick spreadable flex seal would work. This is a picture of what Bronco Graveyard shows. They also have the channels available too.

[stronger800]

Does that bronco graveyard happened to be, what used to be, Jeff’s Bronco graveyard? I feel like I used to see their ad in the back of the four-wheel-drive truck magazines 25 years ago,  or longer. I got some front axle parts from them once when I was in high school

[Missouri Mule]

X3 on 3m window weld in a tube. Bad part is you'll have to buy a $35 tube and use 3 pumps. Wish you were closer I've got a tube that's a couple years old that will probably go bad before I use it. 

[lotsaIHCs]

21 hours ago, stronger800 said:

Does that bronco graveyard happened to be, what used to be, Jeff’s Bronco graveyard? I feel like I used to see their ad in the back of the four-wheel-drive truck magazines 25 years ago,  or longer. I got some front axle parts from them once when I was in high school

I couldn't say for sure. I just did a search for channel grip or window grip and that was the first thing that popped up. They showed window parts for 1970s Ford pickups and Broncos.

[stronger800]

Oh I thought maybe he was local to you. That would’ve been neat