Electric Window Repair advice please...

[bapakbali]

Hi all,

My '89 S2's passenger electric window mechanism is bust. I've had the door card off and noticed the lifter rail has come off the runners on the pivot mechanism and off the glass itself.
Is there a way to repair this?

I've tried getting the lifter rail back onto the glass to no avail (seems a pig of a job), and also the rail back onto the runners which is possible but falls off without the rail being attached to the glass and just sits in the bottom of the door.

Any help appreciated, thanks!

 

[zcacogp]

I can't picture the problem you describe, but the system is moderately simple and if you dismantle it then it will all make sense. I think a 10mm and a 13mm spanner will have it all in bits pretty briskly.

If you need help then have a look on Clarks Garage - it is usually pretty helpful for this sort of thing. And someone may have a photo of it in operational condition ...


Oli.

 

[Riverside]

There is a metal part glued to the bottom of the glass, I think if that's separated it'd be very hard to reliably re-attach it with glue, personally I'd take the simpler route & get another window glass with runner attached.

You'll need to remove the glass from the door & assess - as Oli says it's pretty straightforward, although it only comes out one particular way & you need to work that out the first time you do it so it might take you a while initially.

S/H door glass shouldn't be much, maybe a tenner.

 

[wayner007]

The pivot rail should just slide back in, just done a window repair this week myself bit tricky getting it all lined up at once but got there in the end. The three runners have a sliding pivot that just sits in the runners. The window runner one I would take to a auto windscreens type place and get them to stick it back on.