brazing wing window pin

The driver side wing window pivot pin had broken on my '65 E-pup and great globs of caulk were the only thing holding the wing in place. I recently took the wing out of the truck and decided it would be possible to braze the pin back into place. I cleaned up the end of the pin and the plate it attached to and brazed the pin in place using a flux-coated brass rod.



It looks like one small, inadequate tack weld was all that attached the pin to the plate in the wing frame. No wonder it came apart!



After removing the glass and channel rubber from the wing, I cleaned up the end of the pin and the plate and tried to get everything properly aligned. Important note, the pin splines are indexed and the top washer has an "ear" that limits the travel of the wing. Make sure the indexed splines on the pin are pointed in the right direction. Guess when I figured that out...



This took longer to set up than to braze. A little cleanup and ready to go!



Test fit. The brazed joint had no trouble handling the weight of the wing window held sideways. In the truck, there's really no stress on it, so this repair should be plenty strong.

Now it's time to bite the bullet and buy the wing gaskets. $120??

Nice job. I would've worried about the heat doing something to the glass. Bravo

jdlaugh wrote:After removing the glass and channel rubber from the wing,

I took the glass and channel rubber out of the frame before applying heat. I don't know if the glass would have survived, but the rubber would certainly have raised a stink!

I took apart the passenger side vent, and turns out that pivot pin is also broken. Odd they were both broken. Maybe a bad run of parts from Ford in 1965. Or 50 years of abuse....

oh duh, missed that.