bolting window regulator

Either or both. On your 1989 Grand Am some of the parts are bolted, some are glued. YOu will have to be much more specific to get a meaningful answer.

this work was done on a 2001 grand am and I'm not sure but when I had the original work done the window was bolted and after the damage was done I had to have the whole regulator replaced and the pontiac dealership told me not to use the window for 24 hours due to glue drying time

The window sits in and is glued into a ... not sure what it is called - window holder. The holder is bolted to the regulator arms. The window has to be bolted to the arms, other wise it would fall off immediately. Glue does not work well in the cold. Are you in Canada?

In order to say more we would have to know what part broke or what actually occured. The are tens of possilities. Try to find out what actually happened - in detail.

first I laughed, then I realized I don't know the name of that part either. I consider it part of the window, since it's not supposed to come off. After much thought...it's a regulator track. (as opposed to a window track which are at the front and back of the window) GW