Second row window failure

[PabloVTA]

Anyone out there have experiences with the PS second row window not going all the way up?

I was packing up after SnT this year and all of a sudden my window just dropped to the bottom.

I could use the power window switch to get it most of the way up, but it stops about an inch from the seal, and it's about to rain here.

Can someone forward a link that covers this? I searched , but all I get is the rear sliders in threads.

it's a 94, power window, passenger side, second row.

When I use the power it clicked, went up half way, then bombed out to the bottom of the door, I tried it a second time, and it went almost all the way, and that's where it is now.

I have downloaded the FSM, but not sure if the fix is something I can do withuot tearing the whole door assembly apart or not.

thanks in advance.

 

[Arya Ebrahimi]

You're gonna have to bite the bullet, the whole interior door panel has to come off.

What has happened is there is an arm w/ a wheel on the end that is controled by the window motor. As the arm moves up and down it slides in a track allowing the circular motion of the arm to be translated into a vertical motion for the window. The track tends to shift over time and the wheel has fallen out of that track. It's really not too bad to fix, just kind of a PITA 'cause you have to take everything apart.

Once you get it apart it's pretty self explanatory.

Edit: Make sure when you shift the track back that you shift it far enough. Nothing sucks more than fixing and then having to fix it again a month later 'cause you didn't quite fix right. Don't ask me how I know

Ary

 

[Grench]

As a quick temporary fix you can roll down the mechanism, manually pull the window up into place and then put the mechanism up to hold it up there. If anyone rolls it down though, its gonna drop like a rock as it slides off the mechanism. Not a long term fix, but will get you through today.

 

[sbisig]

Its strange that in the month since I owned my FJ80, everything problem that I am experiencing has been brought up in a new thread.
Last Saturday, this exact thing happened to me. Unfortunately, its been pouring down rain so I haven't had a chance to pull the door panel yet. This may sound a little red-neck but I rolled the mechanism up as high as possible and then wedged a wooden door shim between the glass and the door panel (without distorting either) and I've been driving it since. Luckily I don't live in a high crime area because it would be easy to break into.

 

[Arya Ebrahimi]

As a quick temporary fix you can roll down the mechanism, manually pull the window up into place and then put the mechanism up to hold it up there. If anyone rolls it down though, its gonna drop like a rock as it slides off the mechanism. Not a long term fix, but will get you through today.

Grench is right. I had forgotten about that little trick. That trick got me through about 2 months before I made the time to fix it.