Re: Electric window

["Jan van de Wouw" <Jan@xxxx>]

--- In dmcnews, "Paul Salsbury" wrote:
> My drivers side window stopped working today, well stopped
> going up and down... The motor still turns in both the up
> and down direction, however the window stays put. There is
> a clicking sound as if the window has got to its furthest
> point and the gear is slipping.
> Is this repairable?

My guess is that your window is fully upward, yes???
Probably the guide tube has opened up at one of the bends, 
allowing the inner spiral cable thingy to get out of the tube 
and causing the gears of the motor not to be able to push/pull 
on the cable anymore.

DO NOT USE THE MOTOR LIKE THIS; 
YOU CAN DEMOLISH THE GEARS BY DOING SO!

Unplug the windowswitch untill you have the time and space to 
take the door apart, get the regulator out and fix everything.
I had this on my car for the first half year of ownership;
when i opened up the door (upper trim panel) and looked inside,
I could see a loop of cable sticking out of the tube.

Whit mine I was able to get the cable back in the tube and 
bend the tube back into shape. I even put a couple of pieces
of tubing (in which I made a slit) around the original to 
prevent it from happening again.
It's been half a year and everything still works!

Good luck on the repair,

JAN van de Wouw
Thinking Different... Using a Mac...
Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean...

#05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000

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