Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 12:24:48 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Stuck Electric Window Regulator
The car: 1989 SAAB 900 T8 About a week ago, my driver's side window stuck closed. I didn't think too much of it and then took a week off sick! :) Yesterday, I drove the car again ... And ... What d'ya know ... The window worked again ... Until later, when it stuck OPEN! I got home and started to investigate. The relay under the back seat clicks and there is a current to the wiring at the window regulator (between 10 and 12 volts, depending on how well grounded my multimeter is) on both wires (one for down, one for up). Okay, so the actual motor is broken. How do I get the damn motor off? The Haynes assumes that the window is fully up, or down (?) and the glass can be removed ... I undid the four bolts holding the toothed mechanism to the door and with the aid of a companion kind of jiggled the mechanism up while they pulled the glass up. We're unable to remove the mechanism from the door, due to the fact that the glass is in the way. I tried undoing the final two bolts that (seem to) hold the motor to the toothed mechanism, but again, it doesn't want to come loose. Once I have the motor off (or rather, if I get the motor off) and get it working again or buy a replacement, can the motor be re-fitted anywhere on the toothed mechanism? What I'm really asking is what is the procedure for re-fitting the motor to the toothed mechanism? I'd appreciate some words of advice from people who have "been there ... Done that" - thanks in advance.
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