SeaveeDSM
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- Dec 22, 2008
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Miami,
Florida
After doing the silicone spray stuff on the weatherstripping, white lithium grease on the tracks, etc - which helped for a while but only to a degree - I finally got tired of my slow windows and realized the motors were by now just about dead. So yesterday I spent about 2 hours replacing my ageing and slow power window regulator and motor assemblies on both windows.
I got 'em for $100 brand new including shipping for the pair! from:
Mitsubishi Eclipse Window Regulator at 1AAuto.com
I've bever bought from this company before and was skeptical that these were any good based on that price. Indeed they are brand new and complete with the motors, and are made in Taiwan. They arrived 3 days after I ordered via ground shipping. They work perfectly - my formerly slow windows now haul ass. The install for both windows took me 2 hours, about an hour hour and a half on the first side (taking off more shit than I ended up needing to) and about 30 minutes on the second as I had by then figured out how to properly.
You have to get the door panels off, then open the window (you can just temporarily re-connect the wire to the door panel switch or remove the switch by itself from panel so you can work it) so its about 1/3 way up. There are then 2 bolts towards the bottom of the window that hold the window to the regulator you can access (see pic below). Take those off - don't let the window fall down - and then by hand pull the window up about 2/3 way and use a piece of wood or as I did the handle of a screw driver to wedge under the bottom of the glass and a sort of "ledge" - the round reinforcing bar inside the door - so the window doesn't fall back down. Then remove the 6 bolts that hold the regulator assembly and motor to the door (see pic below), and disconnect the motor wire. You can then collapse the assembly and slide/finesse it out the larger opening towards the rear of the inner door panel.
Get the new assembly in and you then may need to connect the wire and work the switch so the motor is in a similar position/orientation as the old regulator you just took off was. Reinstall the six bolts, then by hand lower the window down and install it with the two bolts to the new regulator.
While in there I did the 2G window rattle fix again. I've done that a couple times before. If you don't know what the 2G window rattle fix is then search these forums. I also cleaned and re-lubed with white lithium grease where the window itself rides on its two tracks. Those tracks are NOT part of the regulator and motor assembly in the picture. I did find it easier to do both these last two tasks by also taking off the mirror assembly and inner belt sash - it is simple to take these off - as you can then with a flashlight see down the front track better.
Good luck.
I got 'em for $100 brand new including shipping for the pair! from:
Mitsubishi Eclipse Window Regulator at 1AAuto.com
I've bever bought from this company before and was skeptical that these were any good based on that price. Indeed they are brand new and complete with the motors, and are made in Taiwan. They arrived 3 days after I ordered via ground shipping. They work perfectly - my formerly slow windows now haul ass. The install for both windows took me 2 hours, about an hour hour and a half on the first side (taking off more shit than I ended up needing to) and about 30 minutes on the second as I had by then figured out how to properly.
You have to get the door panels off, then open the window (you can just temporarily re-connect the wire to the door panel switch or remove the switch by itself from panel so you can work it) so its about 1/3 way up. There are then 2 bolts towards the bottom of the window that hold the window to the regulator you can access (see pic below). Take those off - don't let the window fall down - and then by hand pull the window up about 2/3 way and use a piece of wood or as I did the handle of a screw driver to wedge under the bottom of the glass and a sort of "ledge" - the round reinforcing bar inside the door - so the window doesn't fall back down. Then remove the 6 bolts that hold the regulator assembly and motor to the door (see pic below), and disconnect the motor wire. You can then collapse the assembly and slide/finesse it out the larger opening towards the rear of the inner door panel.
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Get the new assembly in and you then may need to connect the wire and work the switch so the motor is in a similar position/orientation as the old regulator you just took off was. Reinstall the six bolts, then by hand lower the window down and install it with the two bolts to the new regulator.
While in there I did the 2G window rattle fix again. I've done that a couple times before. If you don't know what the 2G window rattle fix is then search these forums. I also cleaned and re-lubed with white lithium grease where the window itself rides on its two tracks. Those tracks are NOT part of the regulator and motor assembly in the picture. I did find it easier to do both these last two tasks by also taking off the mirror assembly and inner belt sash - it is simple to take these off - as you can then with a flashlight see down the front track better.
Good luck.
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