have an 80 series 94 tlc, rear side window having problem go up and down, have to do manually push window up or down, motor is working, any advice?
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Welcome to LC window's mine are almost usless when it gets cold out...below 40deg.
If you do a search there are a few things you can do to help fix the issue in a few different ways, I have never done any
Good luck
If you do a search there are a few things you can do to help fix the issue in a few different ways, I have never done any
Good luck
Mine are like that also. When its cold outside they just take forever. I usually have to help them up manually. Otherwise they do just fine.
Temporary fix: Lube as needed with whatever lubricant you prefer; everyone has their own opinion of what's "best".
Permanent fix: Replace the rubber tracks with new OEM. Don't remember how pricey this is, but whenever someone here's done it, they're always really happy with the results.
Curtis
Permanent fix: Replace the rubber tracks with new OEM. Don't remember how pricey this is, but whenever someone here's done it, they're always really happy with the results.
Curtis
pull the door pannel the bottom track on the window moves to one side over time and the arm comes out, move the motor to the middle and then push the track back onto the wheel on the arm, then lube everything back up... if you have kids who play with them (like mine) they eventually do this... the way the slide is on the bottom of the window will make it hard to slide back I used the end of a long screwdriver and both hands to move it ... dont pry on it or you will be buying the glass.....
Just fixed the drivers window for the second time in two weeks, glass frozen in run. Motor pulls rail off bottom of glass, if you catch it in time your glass won't fall into the door (cold ride home).
This time I sikaflexed the glass to the rubber strip that is held by the rail (common practice by our northern glass shops, they use polyurathane, I used sikaflex)
I also took this oppertunity to clean the runs in the door that you can only get at when the glass is out. I used Meguiars NXT TECH PROTECT for lube after cleaning the runs with soapy H2O and a toothbrush.
My window zips up and down now (well maybe zip is the wrong term).
The trick is to clean the run the glass is sitting in when its down, mine was very dirty.
This time I sikaflexed the glass to the rubber strip that is held by the rail (common practice by our northern glass shops, they use polyurathane, I used sikaflex)
I also took this oppertunity to clean the runs in the door that you can only get at when the glass is out. I used Meguiars NXT TECH PROTECT for lube after cleaning the runs with soapy H2O and a toothbrush.
My window zips up and down now (well maybe zip is the wrong term).
The trick is to clean the run the glass is sitting in when its down, mine was very dirty.
The cure for the "slow or non working power windows when cold" is to replace the rubber window channel with new OEM rubber. I did this last summer on all 4 windows after years of struggling with non-working windows; windows popping off the regulator arm when cold; lubing/cleaning every few months; etc.
Nothing worked. Once I removed the old rubber and compared with new I understood why. The old rubber looses its plyability over time. Even soaking the old rubber in hot soapy water would not restore it to new (but it is a good way to clean it). Now all 4 work all the time.
Takes about 20 minutes to do each window if you take the time to clean things up while you're there.
Nothing worked. Once I removed the old rubber and compared with new I understood why. The old rubber looses its plyability over time. Even soaking the old rubber in hot soapy water would not restore it to new (but it is a good way to clean it). Now all 4 work all the time.
Takes about 20 minutes to do each window if you take the time to clean things up while you're there.
