Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 07:58:44 +0000 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: faulty window motor
Dexter J wrote: > I don't know if it's the same with the 900 - but I had these odd rubberized > nuts holding the motors in the panel - one had failed and so the motor > wasn't lined up anymore and wouldn't turn.. I think all I did rebolt the > motor and it's been humming along since.. > > Anyway - I'd be surprised if the motor itself had failed too - bet it's the > mount or an upstream wire overloaded when someone didn't wait for the car > to warm up with the windows frozed in - like myself after a particularly > icy day here in 'Nova Scotia' (ancheint native MicMac for 'What-AGAIN!).. > > I've seen more lightly built starter motors.. Check the track and the pully > wires first for looseness or rust.. After that - it'll very probably be > less of a gas to pick-up a new door than to replace the whole window > mechinism.. Hi Dexter, All very good advice for 9000s, but a 900 mechanism is different. If you thought a 9000 mechanism was over-engineered, you really ought to take a look at a C900! The motor is *huge*, it drives a 3" cog via a worm drive, which turns a small cog, which drives a toothed quarter-wheel. This moves a pair of giant scisors, which raise and lower the window. No a pulley or cable in sight. The whole lot is rigidly fixed to the door, no rubbers. The only things I've seen go wrong are rusty motors and rusty 'scisor' mechanisms. The large cog is nylon, so I guess that could strip, but I've yet to see that, and I think I've probably fixed at least 10 dead 900 windows. -- Grunff
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