Originally Posted by ykobayashi

Thanks guys.

Parts changers are good. . I would have loved to head over to Pelican and get a new regulator. Nothing wrong with that. Those days are long gone. I think rebuilding old parts is the new normal. More fixes on our cars are starting to look more like art restoration than conventional auto repair.

911, yeah the failure in my case was the same. The frame got twisted over and the gears started slipping and chewing on each other. The molded section is pretty flimsy but I guess it has lasted pretty long. Apparently this is a huge problem on C124 cars where the window is heavier. (ETA - hey just checked out your thread with the sheet metal plate you fabbed for your regulator. That is what is needed. That pot metal is too flimsy. It will bend again on my car. Too bad I have mine all buttoned up now. )

I had another bent up regulator and I actually cracked it while trying to straighten it out in my vise. Not sure how to weld or braze pot metal. This may be a valuable skill going forward. On my steering lock repair I accidentally turned one of the latch parts into a puddle of metal with my MAP torch. Not sure how to deal with die cast metal but a lot of the car seems to be made of it. It beats the heck out of plastic for durability but my cars are turning into metal dust at this age.

Silicon bronze is an interesting material. I got into using it after torch brazing some lock linkage parts with yellow brass. It may or may not be appropriate for this application because it is softer than steel. But if it lasts a few more years what can I say...the car is pushing 40 years old now. There is this desire to repair with the durability inherent in our cars. But today I’ll settled for this.