[urq] 84 urq window regulators

[Patrick Carlier]

As an alternative , spring sleeves can be made of aluminium .
BTDT

I  have some of the original sleeves wich I salvaged when I replaced them 
all .
No more then the stamp on the enveloppe ...Let me know if you need them .

@Dennis , what do you use to grease the window tracks ?
I gave it a spry of WD40 once , and that really improved things , but didn't 
last long .

Pat



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <dgraber460 at aol.com>
To: <lawson.d at comcast.net>; <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 5:56 AM
Subject: Re: [urq] 84 urq window regulators


>
> Dave:
> I have a few spares that I have been using and need, but I have had 
> success taking the cover off the motor/gear housing and cleaning out all 
> the old semi-solid grease and lube from 30 years ago. Then put in your 
> choice of modern slippery lube stuff and lube the tracks for the window. 
> That has renewed 2 previously dead units back to functional life. I also 
> get a good coat of grease on the vertical slide that the window moves on 
> to make _everything_ as easily moveable as possible.
> The plastic parts are only replaceable by 1) finding a replacement (good 
> luck), and 2) removing and re-stringing the cable. No small task and not 
> for the timid.
> While in the plastics business with access to a lathe I tried to make 
> replacement guide sleeves out of nylon, but had some difficulty getting 
> the material to stay put at small diameters for turning. Plastic will 
> "cold-flow" away from a tool and then after reaching its limit return to 
> give a rather large cut instead of the desired diameter. With more time I 
> would have frozen it in an attempt get it to hold still but alas did not 
> have that luxury.
> If you want to attempt the restring repair of a broken unit let me know 
> and I will dig up the sleeves I made that came close enough to possibly 
> work as replacements.
>
>
> Dennis
> Denver
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lawson.d <lawson.d at comcast.net>
> To: urq <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thu, Nov 14, 2013 12:41 pm
> Subject: [urq] 84 urq window regulators
>
>
> The drivers side window regulator on my 84 broke last week, the 
> plastic/spring
> housing where the cables enter the motor broke. Does anyone have a source 
> for
> where to find a replacement regulator? I went to my window regulator box 
> and
> found one labeled for an 83, installed that, it worked fine with out the 
> window
> attached. But when the window was bolted on, it doesn't want to move. I 
> have the
> window up, so I unplugged the regulator for the winter. The 83 part seems 
> to be
> just a bit different than the 84 part so that could be part of the 
> problem. If
> you have leads, send them my way.
> -
> Dave L.
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