OMG is that a tank!? (aka how I broke the window mechanism)

I thought I'd grease up the window rubbers a little.  I put some lub on the window scrapers (first silicone spray, then WD-40), and wound the windows up and down to spread the lube around.  So far so good...particularly those stick rear windows.  I was working on the easiest-winding driver's side window, when all of a sudden, the window stopped winding up and down.  The crank still felt right, and I could feel the points when the window should have been all-the-way up and all-the-way down.  But the window wouldn't move.  Even stranger, I could pull it up, and it would stay!  I became very pissed and decided to see if I could identify the problem.  The first task was to remove the window winder, the door handle holder, and door panel.                

What did I find?  Absolutely nothing.  I wasn't able to diagnose the problem.  Enter Ken.

I called Ken of NethKen Associates in Fishersville, VA.  I had taken Bernie (parts) to Ken last year, and I knew he would be able to fix Dudley's window.  Though I didn't think he'd be there on a Saturday, but low and behold, there he was!  Upon my arrival, I remembered Ken's scary tank-Beetle.  Yup.  It's part tank.  Part Beetle.  Part middle launcher.  All CRAZY.  As the plate says, "YIKES."  

 While I busied myself walking back and forth to Sheetz and getting lunch at McDonalds, Ken figured out that some sort of rivet had busted due to corrosion.  Simple from old age, this little joint broke because of my repeated rolling of the window up and down.

 I don't know how Ken did it, but there's the hole the rivet fit through.  I don't know if the labels were "front" and "rear" were already there or if Ken made them, but hey, thanks for the clear labels!

I witnessed something impressive.  Rather than getting a massive rivet, Ken took a long bolt that fit through the hole perfectly and cut it.  Then, he put the bolt through the two parts of the mechanism and welded a washer to the end creating a make-shift, DIY, HARDCORE rivet.  WOW!  It works great!  Like a tank!