DIY: Door Window Removal and Window Rail Window Motor Removal
11-02-09, 07:25 AM
#19
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Now, here's an important trick in case your window is stuck and the motor is dead and you at least want the window in the up position. Keep in mind the railing/regulator costs about $90 (you can find regulator options in the $30 to $50 range on Amazon) with the window motor for this side costing in the $200 to $300 range, not cheap, but used ones can in the low $100s if you look around or even a remanufactured option where you send in the motor.
What you do is remove the three screws shown below.
Then move this piece in the other direction from the way you found it and then rescrew the 3 bolts. That should keep you sitting pretty with a window that will stay put and up until you can properly fix the window.
What you do is remove the three screws shown below.
Then move this piece in the other direction from the way you found it and then rescrew the 3 bolts. That should keep you sitting pretty with a window that will stay put and up until you can properly fix the window.
Last edited by Lexmex; 04-30-11 at 06:22 PM.
11-02-09, 07:30 AM
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Now my problem today is that the window goes down fine, but it goes up very slow and gets stuck, forcing me to use my hand to pull the window up while pushing on the window switch. That means that I could have a window/motor regulator one the way out (that looks like the possibility after I was done, though this did help it a bit more) and/or one has to clean and lube the rails and other areas to get it going. We will do the cleaning in this step. You need a degreaser, some paper towel and some white lithium. I am using some Forumla 23 (I got this at Publix Supermarkets) and some White Lithium Grease from Gunk (that I got at Pep Boys, it runs under $5 a bottle).
11-02-09, 07:35 AM
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Then spray the white lithium grease generously down all of the rails. Then slide the rails back and forth (i.e., make the motion as if the window was going up and down the so the, or fold the the rails back and forth like an accordion) and then wipe off the grease with a paper. Repeat the procedure again after that, but do not wipe it off with a paper towel the second time around.
11-02-09, 07:37 AM
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After you do it the second time, you may find some excess at the end, and you do want to wipe that off if you find it in locations at the end of the rails as shown.
You need to slide the rails until they fell they move like silk, which may take a bit.
You need to slide the rails until they fell they move like silk, which may take a bit.
11-02-09, 07:49 AM
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Now before you put the window back in, get some Windex and paper towel and clean every area of both sides of the window. There is usually some black caked-on gunk that the bottom that can cause issues when moving the window up and down.
11-02-09, 07:54 AM
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Then put the window back in by placing it in its groove from the outside of the door. Make sure the window is in its grooves on both sides before pushing it further down.
Carefully bring it down, you should have one hand underneath at some point until it settles at the bottom.
Carefully bring it down, you should have one hand underneath at some point until it settles at the bottom.
11-02-09, 07:57 AM
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Then you'll want to put the two screws that attach the window to the rails. The screw is gold and has a washer on it that distinguishes it from the other screws that go on the door.