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Stiff Window

  • 28-07-2008 10:54am
    #1
    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭


    The window on the passgener door has gone really really stiff and there is a grinding noise when i try to roll it up or down.

    the car is a daewoo lanos (no comments on it being a crap car and just sell it, please).


    would anyone be able to tell me how to get the door off and fix it ?

    thanks

    IB


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  • #2
    meesa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭meesa


    Hi Irishbird, go to any motor factors (or Lidls) and get a can of spray silicone. Spray it along the rubber window slides and that should get you out of trouble. The rubber gets clogged with gunge and needs lubricating. Hopefully you will have caught it before the regulator mechanism has been bent out of shape...heres hoping!;)


  • #3
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    You may have to remove the skin on the inside of the door to inspect it, this should just pop out with a couple of small Philips screws holding in the handle, More than likely something got dislocated or jammed in the mechanism.


  • #4
    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    great, thanks guys, i will have a good at it tonight


  • #5
    _blank_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    Hi :)

    we are currently trying to get the inside of the door off.

    Took three screws from the bottom, and one from the middle, but the window winder seems to be hampering our efforts to get the actual plastic thing from coming away from the door itself.

    Anyone help?

    Cheers


  • #6
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,216 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Des wrote: »
    Hi :)

    we are currently trying to get the inside of the door off.

    Took three screws from the bottom, and one from the middle, but the window winder seems to be hampering our efforts to get the actual plastic thing from coming away from the door itself.

    Anyone help?

    Cheers

    Depending on the winder, some are held on with screws, some pop off, and alot are held on from the back with a Circlip. Its a kind off half circle U-shaped clip. You will need a pointed nose pliars to get it off if it is one like this. Look around the rear side of the winder.


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  • #7
    Dirty_Diesel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭Dirty_Diesel


    From the sound you describe it seems that your windows operate by a cable rather than a regulator. These steel cables fray over time and start to jam up, making grinding sounds. When you get the door card off you will see what the problem is either way.


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