Front Door Window - Remove & Replace?

Paul,basically it's all related to the size of your hand,not a lot of room in there,I found that if you unbolt the glass first and have a stick to hold it up it's easier to remove the winder,are you replacing the belt or the winder?
Cheers,Joe

Thanks for the reply Joe. I am actually replacing the window (glass). I am not replacing the belt or winder. I was just wondering if anybody has actually removed the glass and whether it was taken out from the top of the door or from the lower part of the door assembly. Thank you for your reply anyway.

Paul,the glass comes out from the top.
Cheers,Joe

Thanks Joe. Paul.

Mine belt finally broke last night
Half way through a trip! Off to Bunnings to buy a grinder
And super cheap to find a belt ! Lucky I put that new inverter in

Why do you need a grinder?
Cheers,Joe

The top and bottom pins have been spot welded so you can't get the new belt on
I guess mike at oz tours who I bought the bus off 10 years ago did this upgrade
Cause they kept Woking themselves loose on the cairns to Cape trip s

The pins are welded from factory,you need to split the belt to feed it trough and its held in place at the small block with the allen head bolts,if you have a look some where in the parts section there is a part no for the belt as it's not a common size belt.
Cheers,Joe

That's unreal Joe
Thanks that ll save a great deal of work
Now just to find a belt
None in super cheap

Mitsuboshi 510L is the belt number

Just make sure that all rollers and guides are moving freely and that you have a reasonable tension on the belt as they have the habit of jumping the cogs over the winder,a bit of silicone spray on the rubber guides goes a long way helping with the movements
Cheers,Joe

So it all went pretty well for an on road fix
The belt obviously was the issue I didn't get to talk to any one in the know
About belts on a Saturday
So I went on the hunt
Repco came up with a timing belt with the right teeth patten
Just to wide
A white pencil to mark it and some tin snips and cut it length ways
Got it perfect with s bit of silicone spray and a few beers
The windows never worked so well

Thanks for the pointers Joe

Happy days !

Hello OKA owners,

we reached the coast at Vilancoulos (Mozambique) today and can almost see the continent of the OKAs on the horizon!

My side window (driver side) shattered and I am trying to organize a quick solution with an acrylic sheet or plywood. Just removing the other side window to measure the dimensions of the glass.
Do you know if it is possible to get car glass gut to size?

Being flat glass any glass place should be able to cut you a window from LAMINATED glass. DO NOT use ordinary building window glass as it breaks into long sharp spears or shards.
I don't think you can get window safety glass cut to size as it requires heat treatment after the window is cut, you can't cut it as it will shatter into little bits.

most had tinted glass

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he has window, winders, door catches, window channel

Not sure if that email works still


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Also phone is disconnected.

From what I understand he is still trading. Just not sure how to contact him.....

Minor typos, try "dean.robinson @ okapartsaustralia.com.au". Remove spaces, was OK 2 weeks ago.

The Oka Parts website is operating too.

Cheers for that, I guess it helps if you use the right email address.......


Even got a reply from Dean...

Dean's Phone Number for OKA Parts Australia is 0418 943 230

Must be door-window-winder problem month.
I broke a window belt on the driver's side on the weekend. Took me 6-7 hrs to replace, including reading previous posts on this forum. I would say if it breaks again tomorrow I can do it in one hour.
When I have more time in a few days time, I will posts some photos and further info, hmmm should have taken video clips, but then again if I hold the camera, who is using the tools and holding the window?

I broke the belt on the driver’s side, without any warning that window was sticking etc. Luckily I had 2 spare belts, when I purchased my OKA now 4 years ago. Maybe the previous owners had them replaced and then bought some spares? Or maybe they had bought some “Just in case…”. Either way, a ‘thank you’ to them as I didn’t have to go through sourcing a belt.

I have the 2 Volumes of manuals but I could not find a description of the window assembly. So I used common sense, or what I think I have, might not be much ‘sense’.

Tip #1: cut a 445 to 450 mm piece of timber, ie 20 x 50 mm will do. This will support the window on 2 different levels when you insert the window again.

I took the plastic inside cover off and (tip #2) found out that I should have removed the bolt on the door damper first, I broke the plastic this way.



I removed the 3 bolts (with hex head) that held the window winder assembly.

I also removed the small philips head screws on the door, bottom right and left that hold the window channels. In hindsight I think this was not really necessary.

Then I removed the 2 nuts/bolts (to the right of the winder assembly) that hold the window against the winder mechanism.




Sofar I worked from the inside of the door standing on the ground, but for many of the following steps (pun not intended) a small 3 step ladder will help or is needed.

As my belt was broken, I then could rotate the window anti-clockwise in the channels and easily pry out from the inside. If the belt would have been intact, the joiner would have to be loosened first, more about that later.
After that the window-winder assembly could come up with some wiggling. BTW, remove the plastic, hex nut from the winder first!



Then laying it all out on the ground, I figured out how it all fitted together.






Oops, could not fit all text and photos in one post, see next one for the remainder of info