window will not go up

[Michael, Dave]

The window motor repair procedure is clever. Part of the process is "tie
wrap the two halves together so all the little bits do not fall out onto
you filthy garage floor". It was time consuming, though not difficult.
The only part that was hard was realizing that there was a totally
invisible e-clip holding the glass to the regulator. That was NOT
mentioned in the Bentley. 

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: capnkidd [mailto:capnkidd at sbcglobal.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 11:54 AM
> To: Michael, Dave; 'quattro list'
> Subject: RE: window will not go up
> 
> 
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Michael, Dave [mailto:Dave_Michael at maxtor.com]
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 6:13 PM
> >To: quattro list
> >Subject: Re: window will not go up
> >
> >On our 200qa, the LR window slowly ground to a halt over time
> >(the final time of course in the down position). Turns out it 
> >was just age. I followed the Bentley procedure to remove the 
> >motor, clean the armature and re-assemble. Works perfectly 
> >now. The armature was just oxidized. Need to do the right 
> rear now....
> > 
> >Dave
> >90 200qa 214k
> 
> Now that's the kind of post I like to see;  repairing instead 
> of replacing. I suspect that most of the window motors 
> replaced could have been repaired. On the early Audi's there 
> were too many connection points between the switches and the 
> motors not to mention the fact that they were not relayed to 
> reduce current draw except at the motor.
> 
> Goodo!
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Jim Jordan
> 
>