Window Regulator Replacement

Removal Procedure

Caution
Disconnect the power window switch when working inside the driver door. When operated, the Express Up/Down Feature allows the door window to move very quickly, without stopping, which could cause personal injury.


1. Place window in halfway down position.
2. Remove front side door trim panel. Refer to Trim Panel Replacement - Door .
3. Remove water deflector. Refer to Water Deflector Replacement - Door .
4. Support window in position by inserting rubber wedge door stops at front and rear of window between window and door inner panel.



5. Remove window rear guide nuts so rear guide channel can be moved.
6. Remove window regulator rivets by drilling out rivet with drill.
7. Remove electrical connectors from regulator motor by sliding motor and regulator rearward, if equipped.
8. Remove window regulator (3) from channels.
9. Remove window regulator with regulator motor attached if equipped through rear access hole.


Installation Procedure

Caution
Disconnect the power window switch when working inside the driver door. When operated, the Express Up/Down Feature allows the door window to move very quickly, without stopping, which could cause personal injury.



1. Install window requlator with regulator motor theough rear access hole.
2. Install window regulator to channels in door.
3. Install electrical connector to regulator motor, if equipped.
4. Install regulator rivets to regulator
5. Install window rear guide channel nuts.
6. Install water deflector.
7. Install front side door trim panel.

 

Window Regulator Motor Replacement - Door

Coupe and sedan front doors use a cross arm regulator.

Removal Procedure



1. Remove window regulator assembly. Refer to Window Regulator Replacement .
2. Drill hole (3) through window regulator sector gear and backplate.
3. Install bolt and nut to lock sector gear into position.
4. Remove rivets by drilling out rivets with drill.
5. Remove regulator motor (2) from regulator (1).

Installation Procedure



1. Install regulator motor (2) to regulator (1).
2. Install rivets with rivet gun.
3. Remove bolt and nut used to secure sector gear.
4. Remove window regulator assembly. Refer to Window Regulator Replacement .

 

Window Replacement - Door

Removal Procedure

1. Lower window about halfway.
2. Remove front side door trim.
3. Remove water deflector.



4. Support the window in a position needed to access the window rivets by inserting rubber wedge door stops at the front and rear of the window between the window and the door inner panel.
5. Remove the window rivets with a 1/4 inch drill bit.
6. Remove window by raising out of door.

Important
Inspect window bushings, window bushing retainers, window front up stop, window stabilizer pins and window wedges on the window for damage.



7. Remove window bushings and window bushing retainers if necessary, using a flat-bladed tool covered with cloth body tape.
8. Remove window front up-stop bolt/screw if necessary.
9. Remove window front up-stop, front up-stop nut and front up-stop washer if necessary.
10. Remove window stabilizer bolts/screws, if necessary.
11. Remove window stabilizer pins, stabilizer pin nuts and window wedges if necessary.

Installation Procedure



1. Install window stabilizer pins, stabilizer pin nuts and window wedges if necessary.

2. Install window stabilizer bolts/screws, if necessary. Tighten
Tighten the bolts/screws to 7 N·m (62 lb in).

3. Install stabilizer pin nuts, if removed. Tighten
Tighten the window stabilizer pin nuts to 8 N·m (71 lb in).

4. Install window front up-stop washer, if removed.

5. Install window front up-stop bolt/screw, if removed. Tighten
Tighten the window front up-stop bolt/screw to 7 N·m (62 lb in).

6. Install window front up-stop nut if removed. Tighten
Tighten the window front up-stop nut to 8 N·m (71 lb in).



7. Install window bushings and bushing retainers, if removed.
8. Install window into door so that holes in window bushings line up with holes in channel.
9. Install window rivets in sequence.
10. Install water deflector. Refer to Water Deflector Replacement - Door .
11. Install front side door trim. Refer to Trim Panel Replacement - Door .
12. Raise window.

 

Caution
Disconnect the power window switch when working inside the driver door. When operated, the Express Up/Down Feature allows the door window to move very quickly, without stopping, which could cause personal injury.


Thank U!

 

pictures or a website that showed how to put the damn thing back on track would be a GREAT HELP!!! mine is being a straight pain in the ***...

 

and no ls1howto.com does NOT showthis process...

 

Sticky on replacing power window motors:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showpost....1&postcount=18

What do you mean "on track"?
Did something become miss-aligned?

 

Could we get the pictures fixed?

 

if someone has the pictures i can host them since this is part of the sticky


here they are
http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor.html

 

Going through the process today.
Hopefully I'll report back some good news later this afternoon.
This is the ONLY thing keeping me from getting in some excellent Track Time.
So, that's my incentive..."No Window Motor...No Racing"
Sounds like reason enough to me.

Thanks for the info, and the detailed pics!

 

Are you trying to replace only the window motor?
Or do you want to replace the regulator or swap to manual?

If you want to only replace the window motor, you can follow this simpler guide for just that:
http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor.html
(I wedged a block of wood under the glass instead of using a clamp though.)

 

Yeah, I'm just doing the window motor. Going to have to wait until I get back in from
work tomorrow though. I ran out of time,... it would've already been dark before I had
a chance to start. So, 1st thing tomorrow... once I return back from work that is.

BTW,... that link is the exact process I'll be following.
Thanks Again

 

I'll add these pic's for bolt locations.

This is from my 02 T/A.








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Thanks only took 30 minutes

 

If I get a used window motor is there a way to test it to see if it works without installing it ?

 

You would need to unplug your old window motor and plug in the new/used motor while you have the door panel off.

Just out of personal experience, get a DOORMAN window motor because they last a good while since they aren't just re manufactured ones.

This is one of those fixes you only wana do once a year if not less, unless you are on a budget or got a motor out of a junkyard.

 

Ok, this may be dumb but how do you know if you need a regulator. I have been on here a while and this makes me feel like a newb but this is just something I have never done in the past. I have had 3 4th gens and this is the first time a motor died. I looked at the prices and it is much cheaper without the regulator.

 

I pretty sure you just need the motor. The regulator if I remember holds the window etc....

 

All you need is the motor (not the regulator) and they go for around $50.

Post #13 above contains pics of the motor.