I've been reading more threads today on the rear glass. I was originally trying to see if anyone found a way to stop the squeak. However people talk about it not popping open and I'm a little confused. On my '95 2-door, when I hit the button on the dash or on the back hatch below the glass, it goes "ziiiiiiing-CLAK" Then I can lift the glass open. Is the glass actually supposed to pop open and go all the way up by itself? I don't mind lifting it by hand once the latch is popped. I'm really curious, that's all.

 

Naw, yours is normal. I dunno about ziiing-clak but they don't self lift.

 

mine zing-claks and no they dont open by themselves

 

Also mine just pops open it doesnt actually open up. Granted my lift supports for the glass and lifgate are about toast so maybe it would with brand new ones.

 

guys, these are not "soccer mom" Montana's! there is no chauffeur to drive you to the opera, no butler to bring you your afternoon tea, hahahaha!
relax, i just breakin' ***** boys. regarding your "squeak", try wrapping a little black electrical around the "hoop" latch on the window (maybe 4 or 5 wraps). you're probably going WTF, but trust me, this is a quick easy fix i had to do it on my Jimmy. sure you may need to repeat it every few months or so, it all depends on how much you use the rear glass.

 

If you have a tailgate (two peice) version, new support struts, and the weatherstripping is clean and dry, then yes, the glass can lift up by itself like mine does.

 

It can lift up by itself, but of all of them that I have seen & worked on, I would say 95% don't. They just pop and jump out about 1". It doesn't mean anything is wrong either way.

 

Okay that's what I figured....that NO it probably ISN'T supposed to pop all the way open by itself. No mine doesn't even pop out about an inch. It doesn't move at all. Just the clack signifying that the latch is undone. My gas shocks are about shot too (big surprise)...I have to push it all the way up and then most times it will stay. If there's wind or if it's cold then no it won't stay by itself.
Thanks for the advice on the squeak too. I figured it'd be something like that....wrapping electrical tape or duct tape or something around the hoop that the latch grabs on to. I did try recreating the squeak by pulling on it when it's shut, but it doesn't squeak so I wasn't sure. Didn't mean to make a double-thread there but I hadn't seen much in all the forums about anything that can be done for the squeak. Thanks for replying, guys.

 

yeah, that's what all of my S series trucks have done (1st & 2nd gen). i think rriddle3 is using his super powers in public again, getting that glass to pop right up on it's own, hahahaha!

i tried the duct tape, but found the electrical tape worked best (and just plain easier to work with). not sure what you "squeak" sounds like, but i used to call it "turkey Bob", 'cause the damn thing sounded like a turkey in a barn yard while driving down the highway-and it didn't matter how loud i had my system cranked up, you could hear it coming through with the highs!

 

That's good!
I think everybody missed a key word in my reply - "can". That does not mean the glass 'will' or 'should', but it 'can' if the three criteria I mentioned exist.