Power Window regulator lacks 'power'

[Brett Dikeman]

At 4:23 PM +0100 1/11/02, Maurits Jonkergouw wrote:

>One of my power window regulator lacks 'power' ie. it's far more easy
>to 'stop' it going up compared to the other one. Lucky for me it's
>the passenger side, but still. I've read to keep the tracks
>lubricated and maybe that's the only culprit (beside bad pulley
>and/or frayed cable), but before checking it out, could there be
>something wrong with the regulator itself I could fix while being
>there. Any BTDT's?


Remove the door panel and grease all the tracks for the window
regulator, first off.  Greasing the tracks etc will, among other
things, help reduce motor burnouts+cable snaps.  The old lube dries
up over time, and since most of the cars listed there are pretty up
there in age, wouldn't surprise me if that is the culprit.  Even if
it isn't the cause, its good preventative maintenance, so can't go
wrong either way.

If the tracks are dirty, remove the old grease w/rag or paper towels,
and then apply clean, new stuff.  It shouldn't be too thick(ie, wheel
bearing grease would probably be too thick) but OTOH, Liquid Wrench
is probably too thin.

   Lithium grease or some other similar stay-put lube should work
great; one of the marine lubes might work well too, I think Beoshield
is recommended for the sunroof tracks etc and might work here too.  I
recently consulted Mike(msvphoto) about Beoshield and he said it's
available from lots of marine supply places.

B

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