Tech Tip
Swapping Internals
Since my doors are new, I have to strip out the latch assembly, glass, and regulator from the old doors. If you are changing just the rubbers, you won't need to remove anything but the glass. I started by taking out the Phillips screws hiding down inside the channel of the rubber. Then I pulled the rubber out of the door. Looking back, I should have pulled the glass first, but since I had new rubbers to go in I really didn't care if I destroyed these taking them out.
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1. To get the glass out, I rolled up the window to access the two 10mm bolts holding it to the regulator. | 
2. With the bolts out, I rolled the regulator all the way down to get it out of the way. Then I rotated the glass (counterclockwise in this photo) and slid it out toward the outside of the doorframe. See that little hole in the glass? That holds a little clip we will go over later, but if the clip breaks the window won't work properly without it. |
3. The regulator is held to the door with some heavy-duty rivets. I tried a hammer and chisel first but that just messed up the door, so a cutoff wheel proved to work best. | | |
Tech Tip
Nothing Beats A Solid Rubber...
One of the key components in a solid truck is good door rubbers. LMC has the proper set for the S-10, including the main and the separate upper seal. Both of these just push onto a piece of metal protruding from the cab.