I hate when a car punishes me for doing the right thing. I replaced the glass hatch struts on my 01 Suburban since they were pretty tired. The new ones were really strong - apparently too strong.
Any idea on how to replace this? Is it going to cost me a whole glass frame? I took a quick look and I can't tell how the hinge attaches to the glass side.
Looks like the hinge isn't serviceable I'd just buy the whole thing from a junkyard. Or JB weld the crap out of it and see how that goes.
Nothing to add, but the same thing happened to my sisters tahoe.
This is such a common problem for this whole GM line. Had the same problem with our Tahoe. Epoxy for plastics will work for a month or two. Nursed that along for a year or so. Finally it just would not hold and I replaced the window. these are not easy to find at a junkyard with clean hinges. Most of them are broken. Expect high prices even at the junkyard.
At least replacement is about 5 min of work. Pull the circlips, slide the window out of the hinge and replace. Done.
I would at least try some of the JB weld metal weld stuff. Remove the window goop up and clamp in place. Sets in 5 min and reaches full strength in 4 hours. Don't reinstall it for 12 hours. What do you have to loose. . .. Well except for the back glass. 
What year is the Suburban? I ask because I have an 04, and worry that maybe this is something I should be looking for on my truck.
In the 3rd world that would be fixed w/ a brazing torch, which is the correct way to go about it.
Adhesives won't work in a low-contact area/high bending load application like that.
Shooting it full of low-expanding 2-part urethane foam would help a lot.
Mazdax605 wrote: What year is the Suburban? I ask because I have an 04, and worry that maybe this is something I should be looking for on my truck.
this one is a 2001, 150k miles. Here I thought I was being all cool replacing the struts to keep the thing from drooping after lifting it, and this is how it repays me.
only replace one strut at a time. every year, change ONE. i was told this by a GM tech long ago...this was his reason.
-J0N
That's an interesting, and now handy tidbit. I figured better to replace in pairs so that it wouldn't move at different rates from one stiff and one soft. Guess I learned something and will never make that mistake again....
In reply to motomoron:
Good luck doing that without thermally cracking the glass.
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