How to: 323 window rollers + many other models
 

Now this is just my 1st foray into Mazda windows & with luck this will be the lowest & most cost effective way of fixing this problem.

What's needed - 4 shower door rollers & a pair of 'slip joint' pliers as well as the correct rear roller bushes.
The rollers need to be with the attached post & come with a 10mm nylock nut, the pliers are available at a lot of $2 shops for $2 (lol) & the jaw end of the pliers need to be ground down both sides by about 50% so that you can firmly grab the post of the roller whilst tightening the 10mm nut.
Obviously you need to grind,cut off the existing post & punch it out thereby just leaving a hole in the frame where you then bolt on the shower screen roller :)

Now I haven't done this yet to a Mazda but I have done it to 71-77 Celica rear windows with much success, so really can't see these as being anymore different ! Have been able to confirm the diameter of the roller needed is 27mm and is available through Bunnings hardware.
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The correct REAR roller is available through Mazda as a set of 5 (you need 4) & I confirmed this on Friday 6/5/16 & cost is $91.85 for 5 , the other 1 may or may not have to be purchased ?
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Because I've only owned my BA hatchy now for just a week I've only done the shifter bushes & will tackle these window rollers very soon but until then here's the link to a Japanese guy who's done his but wasted the new Mazda rollers by cutting them vertically to slip them on & supa gluing them ! :eek:


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as per our rather lengthy chat :)

The bushes above, available from Mazda, are only 1 out of 2 types used in these windows, and there is only 4 of that type [really weird as they come in packs of 5].

To replace that bush:
wind the window down.
remove the two window stoppers held on with 10mm bolts.
wind window up past the door frame, then tilt the window forward exposing the bush.
the bush is held on using a bolt through the middle and washer on the back of the window.
using a Torx attachment and pliers undo the washer and the bush comes off.
then just put it back together.
try to align the stoppers in their original position, otherwise the window wont close properly.

if there isnt a bush, bolt or washer there, check the bottom of the door; they often fall out

i will try to get some pics of this process and upload them, there was a guide on here and Club323F on how to do this, but the pics dont work anymore

the other bush is shaped like the shower door rollers, but a bit wider and has a molded shaft as well. they are pressed on and may require the stud to be cut off to replace.

I will go to bunnings tomorrow and try to source a suitable roller

the bush is 27mm in diameter and 8mm thick

Between Owen & myself on this, we WILL figure it out (cheaply) ;)