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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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i just put in my window motor using GM's service information online and a guy that use to work at pontiac (i work at a GM dealership) and it was still a major pain in the you know what. Man i am glad it is done though. i got my window motor on ebay for $25 plus shipping. i got out cheap but if i had the money i would totally have taken it to a shop. or at least bought it from a store so i could get all the hardware. Just mainly want to say if you can get this done at a shop I would. Just my opinion. i feel like i have been
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 04:39 PM
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i did not think it was that bad.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 04:44 PM
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replacing the window motor was pretty easy for me, if i had to do it again it would probably take me less than 30 min.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 05:00 PM
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Wanna help do mine? I'm in Jax and doing it next week using shoebox's directions. J/K I'll have to see how it goes, have the motor, been putting it off for several months.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 07:09 PM
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Did you remove the entire Regulator assembly? I just replaced my drivers side an it was not that difficult. Was a pain, but I wont pay someone to do it.

If yuu need to do it again, try this website:

http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor.html

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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 10:35 PM
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i don't know maybe it was because it was doing it at work and so i had to stop and come back several times. after thinking about it I would probably try it agian. one of my friends has to do it on his 1997 camaro but i think the biggest pain was the rivets.
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by nomadnate
i don't know maybe it was because it was doing it at work and so i had to stop and come back several times. after thinking about it I would probably try it agian. one of my friends has to do it on his 1997 camaro but i think the biggest pain was the rivets.
Yeah, the rivets are a pain. The four that are attached to the door are holding the entire regulator/motor assembly in place. If you want to remove just the motor, you need to drill into the door itself to access them.

If you drill the rivets out, I would recommend replacing them with nylon bolts and nuts. I am an idiot and drilled out two of the rivets holding the entire assembly in. Once I realized my mistake, I replaced them with the nylon. Holds just fine.

I have some pictures I can send you via email if you want.

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Old Mar 30, 2006 | 04:45 PM
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it is already done but thanks though. when i got in there though i realized that it had been done before. the holes were alread drilled in the door and the motor had nuts and bolts already on it. I did remove the whole assembly though as per GM Service Information
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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 05:18 AM
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Cool,

1/2 the battle was done since you have holes already drilled.

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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 05:46 AM
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yeah, rivets are a bitch, regulator can be a bitch, but it beat taking it in and getting ***-rapped by a shop!
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yeah, rivets are a bitch, regulator can be a bitch, but it beat taking it in and getting ***-rapped by a shop!
Amen to that!!

One place quoted me $630 for both windows on my '92. I promptly told him

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