This is on my 1997 Dodge Ram Van 3500 driver's window. I do not know how to get it back in.

 

Put the window all the way up, and tape it in place. Dismount the windows regulator, put the rollers back in place, re-mount the regulator.

I would be real curious just HOW it managed to escape..... Probably wanna investigate that while you have the door panel off, to make sure it doesn't happen again.

 

Isn't the channel glued to the bottom of the window? If so how would the roller go back in? I think removing the regulator is difficult.

 

Regulator is either bolted, or riveted in place. If they used rivets, you can just bolt it back in. Leave it hooked up to power, so you can roll it up/down to get the holes to line up.

 

WOW! I had posted about that channel being attached to the window not the regulator. I went back and lowered it again and the window dropped off the cushioned support. I was able to move it in such an angle that I was able to slide the channel around the lowered arm with the roller without removing the regulator. Then I had to move the window into the weatherstripping channel and raise it. While raising and lowering the window just before this, the weatherstripping all pulled out and down. I had a hard time getting it back into position and raising the window into it. That may have been the cause. Sometimes the window does not raise into the weatherstripping and gets really tight and hard to lower. It then seems to not come down straight. That may have been how the roller came out. This is not a completed job. I need to be able to raise & lower it without jamming the weatherstripping. Rain is coming so I am done now with it sealed up.


Here is the roller back in the channel

 

Awesome.

I don't remember if there are guides that clip to the windows that go in the channels or not...... Some silicone spray in the window weatherstrip channels likely wouldn't hurt.

 

It seems to working OK now.