ss2115
07-30-2009, 01:59 AM
Hi.
Fixed my electric motor on a rear door window.
The metal housing popped off on one side - presumably by some strain in the mechanism. I've rethreaded and inserted a slightly oversize bolt and its all fine.
Did find what caused it.
The cross arm that traverses left to right on the horizontal track that has the single bolt adjustment on it had popped out of the plastic slide and so the window tilts on a slight angle going down and although it comes back up straight it must have been jamming into the side somewhere causing the motor to pop its case.
Anyway, I was able to push the metalball back into the plastic slide and all seemed well untill I'd put the window up/down a few times. Then on stopping in the up position, the metal arm would pull away from the track just enough to pop out again with a bit of a bang.
I checked my Bently but it doen't comment about fault finding and only goes through the adjustment of that arm.
I checked that adjustment and the window is dead straight when it reaches the top.
I loosened the bolt and got to know how the adjustment worked and carefully realigned it after a bit of practice - but its in exactly the same place it was anyway.
I bent the metal cross arm just slightly because I noticed it was at a slight angle to the slide bar when it pops off, and it seemed to help a little bit.
Both adjustment have it now working about 5 times out of six and then popping off while before I started it would pop off every time.
Has anyone else had similar fun with their electric windows and come up with a cure?
It doesn't look like its been replaced or anything - rivets hold it just like the book says and replacements are bolted (according to Bently anyway).
Fixed my electric motor on a rear door window.
The metal housing popped off on one side - presumably by some strain in the mechanism. I've rethreaded and inserted a slightly oversize bolt and its all fine.
Did find what caused it.
The cross arm that traverses left to right on the horizontal track that has the single bolt adjustment on it had popped out of the plastic slide and so the window tilts on a slight angle going down and although it comes back up straight it must have been jamming into the side somewhere causing the motor to pop its case.
Anyway, I was able to push the metalball back into the plastic slide and all seemed well untill I'd put the window up/down a few times. Then on stopping in the up position, the metal arm would pull away from the track just enough to pop out again with a bit of a bang.
I checked my Bently but it doen't comment about fault finding and only goes through the adjustment of that arm.
I checked that adjustment and the window is dead straight when it reaches the top.
I loosened the bolt and got to know how the adjustment worked and carefully realigned it after a bit of practice - but its in exactly the same place it was anyway.
I bent the metal cross arm just slightly because I noticed it was at a slight angle to the slide bar when it pops off, and it seemed to help a little bit.
Both adjustment have it now working about 5 times out of six and then popping off while before I started it would pop off every time.
Has anyone else had similar fun with their electric windows and come up with a cure?
It doesn't look like its been replaced or anything - rivets hold it just like the book says and replacements are bolted (according to Bently anyway).