[urq] 84 urq window regulators

[John Koenig]

Just a thought here... 

Motorcycle chain lube? It's designed to go on at a very low viscosity to flow in around O-rings and such, then stiffen up so it hangs around. 

Might be worth a try. 



----- Original Message -----

From: "Patrick Carlier" <p.carlier at pandora.be> 
To: urq at audifans.com 
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 3:30:57 AM 
Subject: Re: [urq] 84 urq window regulators 

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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