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While lowering my tail gate window from the driver seat, I heard a clunk, and observed the glass go catty wampus and suddenly do a jam stop, passenger side down.
Took tail door apart, and found the pass. side glass riser laying in the bottom of the door. It was rusted almost beyond recognition.
Driver side riser was fine showing only a very minimum of rust.
Obtained a new riser and rubber filler from Toyota for a total of 28 bux.
Previous posters in this situation have claimed that beating the riser on to the glass with a rubber, or a dead blow hammer is the preferred way to get the new riser on to the glass.
Not so in my estimation. The risk of breakage and/or deforming the riser is too great to take.
A set of 4 ratchet straps from Bejing Freight for 12 bux does the job.
The trick is to use a brace across the top of the glass where it curves so the rightmost strap doesn't slide off of the curve when you tighten the end ratchet.
In the picture, the two leftmost straps hold the brace tightly to the glass, and the two rightmost straps do the job of forcing the riser and filler securely on to the glass. Trying to attach the riser by beating the snot out of it plain just doesn't work. Too risky.
For a bracket, I used a piece of extruded aluminum from an old shower door, but any thing with a channel in it would probably do.
Good luck to all who find themselves in this situation.
Give this method a try, it really worked well for me.

Art.

Terrys87

iTrader: (1)

Great write up and I agree that I would not want to beat on it with a rubber hammer, my luck it would still break. Rust kills a lot of the risers. I coat mine with ball bearing grease to keep the moisture off of them.

wyoming9

iTrader: (1)

I find silicone spray and a light taping works wonders

What ever gets the job done.

RAD4Runner

Nice job. Tnx for sharing the idea.

wyoming9

iTrader: (1)

My luck I would most likely break the window trying the ratchet strap idea

moving the window around into place.