[urq] . Re: 83 urq smogged! Now What?

[Steve]

Thanks Mike
I wonder if   new switches are NLA?
Ill check later 

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On Aug 20, 2013, at 7:14 AM, "Mike Sylvester" <mike at urq20v.com> wrote:

> My windows were getting slow and no amount of lube seemed to help.
> It turned out to be the switches.  The internal contacts were getting
> pitted.
> I took the switches apart, sanded the contacts and my windows are a
> normal speed again.
> 
> BTW I have the '85+ style switches in my car not the early type.
> 
> Mike
> '83 urq 20v
> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [urq] . Re: 83 urq smogged! Now What?
>> From: Steve Schmidt <schmidt694 at gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, August 19, 2013 7:43 pm
>> To: urq at audifans.com
>> 
>> 
>> Regarding this please;
>> 
>> "Also the grease in the window winder mechanisms can get hard and the
>> motors can burn out. "
>> 
>> Who has a tutorial for this fix?
>> It dawned on me that the motors strain due to lack of lubrication.
>> A simple spray on the felt window  runners  & the rail improved them but I
>> know they can be better.
>> I think I can get a rag into the back of the rail to clean it but when it
>> slides up & down it must swipe the grease too?
>> What about the winding mechanism?
>> How hard is it to remove the whole thing to lube it?
>> I'd really like these to work like new .
>> Thanks,
>> Steve
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