window motor replacement

[tmon930]

i'm replacing my window motor wed. what hardware do i need? where is that write up? i tried searching but couldn't find it. help please!

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: window motor replacement

http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor.html

[zpwn06]

Re: window motor replacement

manual windows for the victory

[vanbibber]

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have fun, ill never do one again.

[OneEightSeven]

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@Vanbibber

Is it really that bad? What particular things are the biggest trouble? I've been avoiding doing this for about 2 years now (haven't had well-working windows for 2 years!) I'm thinking about a new car soon (maybe Pontiac G8) so maybe I won't bother, but I've been thinking about it :-/. It sucks to have to open my door to scan my badge coming into my office parking garage every day.

[tmon930]

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my window goes up and down but i have to pull on it to help it up. the passenger side is fine. but i want to get my driver's side fixed before fbody beach week.

[u441105]

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@Vanbibber

Is it really that bad? What particular things are the biggest trouble? I've been avoiding doing this for about 2 years now (haven't had well-working windows for 2 years!) I'm thinking about a new car soon (maybe Pontiac G8) so maybe I won't bother, but I've been thinking about it :-/. It sucks to have to open my door to scan my badge coming into my office parking garage every day.

For it being my first time and winging it after reading the above linked installation guide, it sucked but it was well worth it. If you follow the guide exactly you won't have any problems.

The hardest part for me was putting the new motor in, I had the hardest time aligning the holes in the motor to the holes in the bracket inside the door. Lost one screw in the process, luckily the Autozone motor came with four. Convenient... Anyway, I just loosely fit in 2 screws and fidgeted around with the motor until it lined up the third. All in all took me an excruciating four hours of working at a snail's pace including stopping in the middle to buy a motor and running back and forth outside and in once I found out I needed something I didn't have. Should be easier the next time, especially now with screws and holes already drilled.

Well worth the work, saved some money and now after 2 years I can use the drive-thru without being awkward.

[u441105]

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my window goes up and down but i have to pull on it to help it up. the passenger side is fine. but i want to get my driver's side fixed before fbody beach week.

I had the same exact problem. Had to pull and push on it to get it to go a couple inches. Pain in the *** if it started to rain or if I had to drive up to a gas station while it was raining, just had to open the door to pay (NJ haha). Followed that guide posted above and everything's awesome now, the $65 Autozone motor is faster than the passenger side one, I almost want to change that one too :P

[OneEightSeven]

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@u441105

Your temptation of foreign luxuries such as working windows (how sad... i see beaters with no AC but their windows work..) have inspired me to go ahead and try this after two years of little window use. My passenger side is kinda crappy too, but works much better than the driver side. I think the passenger side may be the regulator, because it just stops and if u back it up it goes again. The drivers side just cuts off (wont go either way) until the motor cools down. But who cares about passengers, they aren't people any way (J/k LOL)! Well I guess I'll give it a try, maybe next weekend if I have time. What parts did you end up missing? That would help so I don't end up driving around for parts all day if something in the guide is missing/unforseen! Thanks!

[Aquaboy]

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I had the same problem a few months back with my drivers side window. I replaced the regulator and motor with a dorman regulator/motor. Any good parts store will have them and they are way cheaper than the dealer. A friend of mine helped install it (took about 30 min) he has been a GM tech for 15 yrs and actually liked the dorman regulator better than the ac delco one. I will get part numbers when i go to work tomorrow but i hope this will help. And installation is much easier with 2 people, but can be done with a small chunk of 2x4 to hold the window in place.

[IwannaCamarosoBad]

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woo hoo I have to do this to my passenger side

[kristen]

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they are easy to do...but if you have bigger arms..........sucks for you. another time being a chick and having smaller arms works for me:banana:

[Rob Bell]

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If your windows are slow, try spraying silicone spray into the window tracks..... lots of it. You may have to take the door panels off to get them really good. On my beater, the windows could hardly go up, I had to pull on them. I doused the tracks in silicone and they work great now.

[zpwn06]

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If your windows are slow, try spraying silicone spray into the window tracks..... lots of it. You may have to take the door panels off to get them really good. On my beater, the windows could hardly go up, I had to pull on them. I doused the tracks in silicone and they work great now.

pretty smart! I might do that on my manual windows. Actually they need to be fixed first due to moron shutting the door with the windows....

[OneEightSeven]

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they are easy to do...but if you have bigger arms..........sucks for you. another time being a chick and having smaller arms works for me:banana:

19" arms here :( sucks being a well built guy sometimes. I had to replace a door handle on an old Lumina for a friend once. Took me like an hour cuz of this exact problem, couldn't fit my hands in the holes lol.