Re: Any DIY fix for power window regulators for '82 coupe?

[mike posner <posne@cts.com>]

At 07:46 PM 6/9/97 GMT, Phil Payne wrote:
>In message <339C32AC.7675@voyager.net> Bryan Nielsen writes:
>
>> The power window regulators on my '82 coupe are broken.  The cables
>> which move the window have snapped.  Can replacement cables be made for
>> these?  I don't really want to buy new regulators
>
>I've tried to do this a couple of times.  I had to drill out a rivet so I
could 
>demount one of the pulleys to get the slider off, and then it was quite 
>straightforward.
> 
>The slider is carried by a small brass bead crimped onto the wire.  I never 
>found a satisfactory way of achieving this - I think you need a power
press of 
>some kind.  Soldering is insufficient.  I used the services of a local
bicycle 
>shop, but perhaps a motorbike dealer would have heavier equipment.
>
>--
> Phil Payne
> phil@sievers.com
> Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club
>
>There is a part called a swivel pin (part # 111 129 921)
referenced on a tech talk card which might be the part you need.  It
references back to the microfiche repair manual.Sorry for the lack of a
more clear description
as the drawing is typical of the parts microfiches  at the dealers.Mike
Posner, San diego, Ca.