Four Door Hard Top; Front Door Glass Removal And Installation - Chrysler 1956 Imperial Service Manual

Remove sheet metal clip from key locking rod
at the lock. Remove hairpin clip from outside
door handle connecting link at the lock. Remove
the lock mounting screws and the lock. To re-
move striker and latch assembly, remove clothes
protector guard, and striker retaining screws,
remove striker.
Installation
Assemble lock to door and secure with attach-
ing screws. Install hairpin clip on outside door
handle connecting link at the lock assembly;
install sheet metal
clip
on key locking rod, after
ma king certain that the rocker at bottom of
lock is in the unlocked position. Install remote
control link to door lock, and secure with hair-
pin clip. Adjust linkage by loosening the lock
bracket mounting screws; moving bracket up or
down as required. With the Safe-Lock Door
latches, Inter-locking pieces of heavy gauge
s teel, at door and striker plate, prevent fore and
a ft separation of latch from door post, keeping
latch and striker plate safely engaged.
FOUR DOOR HARD TOP
A new Four-Door Hard Top Model has been
added to the 1956 Ch r ysler body styles. The "B"
REAR DOOR
FRON T GLASS
AND CHAN NEL
REAR DOOR
FRONT GLASS
LOWER CHAN NEl
FRONT
REAR DOOR FRONT
REAR DOOR fRONT GLASS
LOWER CHANNEl REAR BRACKET
GLASS RU N CH.ANINEl--...\l
REAR DOOR
fRON T G LASS
FRON T RUN CH ANNEl
LOWER
post has been eliminated in this model, Figure
7. The rear door incorporates a rotating and slid-
ing glass assembly involving
new removal,
in_
stallation, and adjusting procedu r es as follows:
Refer to Figures 8 and 9 for construction de-
tails of w indow lift mechanism.
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF
FRONT DOOR GLASS (CARS
EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC
WINDOW LIFTS)
Re m oval
Disconnect cable at battery. Raise the door
glass. Remove door hardware and trim panel.
Loosen window lift motor mounting bracket
screws, remove retainer washers from window
regulator arms and disengage anns. Remove
the two glass upper stops. Tilt glass so it
will
slip over edge of vent wing frame and remove
the glass Figure 10.
Installa tion
Install door glass, engage window regulator
arms in slots of door glass frame and secure
with retainer washers. I nstall the glass upper
stops and tighten screws securely. Close the
door and align t he glass for proper clearance
on each side by moving the window lift motor
REAR DOOR REAR GLASS
AND CHANNEl ASSEMBLY
REAR DOOR REAR GLASS
PIVOT CON TROL BRACKE!
REAR DOOR RE AR G LASS
LOWER CH ANNEL AN D
BRACKET ASSEMBLY
PIVO T BRACKET
- - - SUPPO R T
SCI""" AND LOCKWA SHERS
NUT A ND
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LOCKW ASH ER
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REAR DOOR FRONT
WINDOW REGULATO R
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REAR DOOR FRONT GLASS
REGULATOR PIVOT BRACKET
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_ _ _ REAR DOOR REAR GLASS
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RUN CHANNEl
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ANO LOCKWA$HER
REGULATOR
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GLASS-DOWN-STOP
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Fig. 8 - Rea r Door G lass Channel ond Window
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Assembly
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