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

[Mike Sylvester]

If they are available they are probably $50+.
Taking it apart, cleaning and putting it back together was about a 10
minute job.

Mike

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [urq] . Re: 83 urq smogged! Now What?
> From: Steve <schmidt694 at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, August 20, 2013 9:36 am
> To: Mike Sylvester <mike at urq20v.com>
> Cc: "urq at audifans.com" <urq at audifans.com>
> 
> 
> Thanks Mike
> I wonder if   new switches are NLA?
> Ill check later 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 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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