Hello all. About a week ago I was cruising with the homies when I drove over a bump and the right rear window dropped to the bottom of the door. "Awesome." I thought to myself. I was got the door panel off without breaking any plastic and discovered that the point of failure was the plastic slide bushing that tracks underneath the window as the regulator goes up and down, hence the window fell of the regulator and became suddenly 'unregulated.' Excited that the part was a mere $2.50, I ordered multiples.

The problem is this. The metal peg that sticks out from the regulator and interfaces with the slide bushing appears to be very much riveted to the regulator arm. I desperately looked for any kind of tool interface, tried getting at it with pliers, begged, pleaded, cried, briefly became religious, and then comforted my failure with beer.

How the hell am I supposed to replace this? All of the pictures of complete regulators in the parts catalogue already have the slide bushing attached, and the new slide bushings that I have, have the metal peg already attached. Do I drill it out? I'm quite stumped.

You drill it out and peen a new one in - which can be quite a trick to accomplish without beaking your new plastic part - if that happens you will be happy to have a couple of spares on hand. Some folks have done a work-around with a small nut and bolt or with the kind of connector that is used on horse reigns (has a flat head and a hollow threaded tube - I forget what you call it).

Okay. I was afeared that I had to get the drill out. Is there a trick to peening the new one? I have access to a [bicycle] shop full of tools & hardware. As it is I ordered four of those little plastic bastards, so i've got spares if I break one.

No "trick" to it - just be sure you have your part properly supported before you start hammering - obviously the plastic cannot absorb those shocks. I think I used either a little socket or a bolt to support the thing from underneath and a hammer and punch to deform the rivet.