What glue did you use to reattach the back window latch?

[AnotherOldJeepGuy]

Mine finally fell off today.  The glue had to be pretty good stuff given the difficulty of sliding the center window back and forth and the fact it's been attached for 36 years.  My first guess is the stuff you use to attach a rear view mirror, but I don't know if that stuff would survive pushing and pulling on it every day.

 

I have the 3 window, sliding center configuration.

 

I don't really know what is making it difficult to slide, I don't really see anything in there to generate the resistance, but the resistance is there none the less.  I guess I can try squishing in a little bit of lithium grease in the bottom track, not sure that's the best approach for the top but maybe if I grease up the bottom a little the resistance should at least be less.

[fiatslug87]

I used rearview mirror adhesive and it's lasted quite a while although I don't use it much.

[hgeranium]

Could somebody post a picture of what the latch actually looks like on their window? I have what I believe to be the latch (came in the glovebox when I bought the truck) but I want to make sure it’s just that singular latch glued on to the window and there’s not a piece broken or missing. 

[fiatslug87]

1 hour ago, hgeranium said:

Could somebody post a picture of what the latch actually looks like on their window? I have what I believe to be the latch (came in the glovebox when I bought the truck) but I want to make sure it’s just that singular latch glued on to the window and there’s not a piece broken or missing. 

See this post about half way down.

 

[hgeranium]

3 hours ago, fiatslug87 said:

See this post about half way down.

 

Thanks! So from factory it's just held on by adhesive? I'm glad whichever PO it was ended up keeping the latch.

[pizzaman09]

I used Permatex rear view mirror adhesive, it worked perfectly.

[AnotherOldJeepGuy]

I see both Permatex 81844 and Permatex 81840 "Extreme" out there.  I am a bit challenged to believe one it really any better than the other, but they cost essentially the same and "Extreme" sound more cool, so I'll try that.