As part of the window refurbishment, 5 of the 6 quarter windows rollers do not roll easily.

I have been soaking them in penetrant and have managed to break them free enough to where they can be turned using my fingers using a LOT of force which means that they will not easily roll on their own when installed in the car.

Contacted Clarks regarding replacements and received the following reply:

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Clarks
We have the riveted rollers for the door windows as C2190 [ssl.corvair.com] but the threaded quarter window rollers C2694 [ssl.corvair.com] are not currently available. Our old supplier went out of business and we haven’t found a new manufacturer yet. We are considering having one of our large overseas manufacturer do a run of them in the next year or two.

Although California Corvairs sells used roller assemblies, I much prefer to install new rollers given the power windows that will be used.

Therefore, does anyone happen to have any new rollers that they would be willing to sell?

OR, can someone tell me the secret to freeing up stuck rollers??

Thanks vairy much in advance!





Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

After more research and speaking with a venerable Corvair mechanic, it appears that I am mistaken.

Apparently, those rollers are designed to pivot and slide inside the tracks but not necessarily roll.

Therefore, please disregard my original post above.

Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

THey are called rollers for a reason. Mine roll and everyone I have ever seen roll when properly cleaned and lubricated.

Just for the heck of it, I popped the rollers off of the studs one at a time using a paint can opener then cleaned and lubricated them.

After popping them back on, they roll freely.

Obviously, if the rollers are bound up, they will still allow the window to operate because they will slide inside the channels with the grease but, clearly, they are designed to roll freely.



Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Sure they will slide but they will eventually develop flat spots and then will need to e replaced.

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I am updating this thread with information that might help those who need to replace the quarter window rollers without need or desire to remove the complete roller assembly from the glass.

After a LOT of research, I found an aftermarket replacement roller that should be a suitable replacement for the Corvair roller.

This assumes that the new nylon roller MUST be removed from the new ball stud because the new ball stud is incompatible with the Corvair assembly.

SS396.com sells rollers for a 64 Chevelle that are slightly larger but should work properly.

I did run a new roller through the window tracks by hand and occasionally felt only slight resistance which should be OK as long as the tracks are properly greased.

This is great news considering that Clarks is out of stock on their rollers with a 2-3 year ETA, assuming they succeed in getting one of their vendors to make them.

See the measurement photos below. noting that the "new" Chevelle part photo is first, followed by the corresponding "old" Corvair part photo.

BTW: These new Chevelle rollers do roll freely on the ball stud. BUT, please let's not get bogged down in a debate of rolling vs sliding because that is not the purpose of this update.



















Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Notice the bag calls it a ROLLER! There are some windows that use a square called a slider.