Fw: Here's a statistic for you... (CGT window regulator)

[Ameer Antar]

I'd just get a new or used one. If I read it right, the plastic cable 
housing is broken, and who knows what has happened in there, maybe the 
cable wrapped around itself in there. You can repair window regulators if 
the motor is bad or if it's just gummed up. But when it comes to the cable 
or the central housing, forget it. The cable can become kinked or 
permanently deformed when the springs pop out. You could switch out the 
plastic housing, but the cable is probably going to cause problems and 
tough on the motor. Whenever I work on a reg., I wrap the cable ends where 
the springs are w/ duct tape, so the springs don't pop out. When they do, 
it takes a lot of coaxing and cursing to get the thing back together. If 
you buy a used one, tape up the ends and open up the assembly. Clean and 
grease the moving parts, as well as the motor underneath the cable housing. 
Water can seep in between the gasket and rust the gears, making it very 
hard for the motor to turn. Slow windows are usually gummed up motors or 
gummed up switches. good luck


At 09:27 PM 9/11/00 -0600, you wrote:
>In eleven years of Audi ownership (6 cars), I have just
>removed my first door panel and power window regulator.
>
>Patient is 1987 Coupe GT with 128k, pass side regulator.
>
>I think this is the typical failure mode.  Plastic spring seat
>broken and remains of it pushed up along outside of cable
>sheath.  This was the one on the side that bears the burden
>of putting window up.
>
>I'm sure this has been covered before, but I have no
>recollection of the ins and outs of this repair.  I believe
>I do remember that there's no chance in hell that I can just
>go get that little plastic piece somewhere.
>
>It sure looks like I could just do some disassembly and put
>another one in.  I even thought I could just switch the two
>and put the mangled mess on the side that bears the burden
>of putting the window down.
>
>Any ideas or helpful hints or links to point me to?
>
>Thanks
>Ed
>Woodland Park, CO
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