I just did a search on this topic and found some good info, but I still need some clarification. Escanlon wrote:

The only place for grease on the window assemblies is on the front sash, where the nylon guide slides through, the gear / spline contact area, the swivel point for the scissor, and the two roller guides that fit in to the window pane frame guides. Other than that, no grease, oil or other lubricant other than the "fuzziness" of the gasket.

I just cleaned what seemed like JB Weld from my window, guides and regulator. I know this is the remains of the grease I put in there when I re-assembled the car after a paint job. My question is, what is the best lube to put on the aforementioned areas so this won't happen again? Roughly, how much lube should be used?

For some reason unknown to me, I've come into possession of somewhere around 5 door sets over the past year and have taken each one apart. I've seen "grease" that runs the gamut from your JB Weld look-alike, to wheel bearing grease, to white lithium grease. I suspect the FSM calls out some sort of grease that is probably NLA after 30+ years. When I reassemble the doors for my rebuilt '72, I'm planning to go with white lithium grease on the nylon slide.

I have used white Lithium grease for this stuff for years. I have found that after many years the old white grease does harden and looks like JB only not that hard. White lube can withstand temp and will stay put where some other grease may run/melt from the heat of the sun. White Lithium is also good for the contact points on the drum brakes where the shoes rub the backing plate and the adjuster screw. Again I have been using it there for 54 years. I started when a teen doing brake jobs in a Garage. Ha ha that was long before disks. And they were not horse drawn buggies either.

Gary

Buggies had drum brakes too. The modern ones do.

... I started when a teen doing brake jobs in a Garage. Ha ha that was long before disks. And they were not horse drawn buggies either.

Gary

Gary,

Wasn't that "Shoe Goo", you used to do the brake jobs back then-only serious sports cars had shoe brakes ,the others had just bare feet!

Will

PS did anyone pinstripe cars back then?