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Driver's window crank..el.morto

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The last Cars N Coffee I went to I went to wind the window up upon leaving home and it spun like a windmill. Pushing it in it did catch the gears which I could feel slipping.
So today I'll pull the panel off and see what's up. Can't be too hard to fix.
It's not like its an old Bronco.:p
 
Pulling the regulator is not the worst project, but getting the window all lined back up can be a pain in the backside. The good news is you will be experienced as two Bronco windows are on Saturday's schedule!
 
Not that hard to do.
Pulling the panel.
Loose the window from regulator, pull it to its top position and tape it along side of the door.
Loose the 4 bolts and 2 nuts from the regulator .
Its possible you have to crank it a bit so its small enough to pull it out of the door.
B.
 
Well sort of that easy. Seems the screws holding the reg to the window (only had 2 out of 3) phillip heads rounded off. I had to drill them out. In doing so I'm not sure I didn't mess up the threads. Two are suppose to be clips that I can replace but the end one is the window holder threaded nut. Not sure about that yet.
Ordering up Left and Right (might as well fix both) regulators.
 
Replacing the regulators is easy. Agree with kb3. Aligning the window glass is a PITA. Might pay to have someone help when you change them out. I would probably do the broken one before I touched one that was working ok. Call it a practice one to see how easy the alignment goes.
 
You only have to drill out the head of the screw if its roundede out. Your pilot hole (with small drill) doesn't have to be deep. Just as deep as the head of the screw is. Then you take a bigger drill , same seize as the head and weaken the head by drilling the head out. Et voila !

And ......without pics .....it didn't happen Mike !!
 
I know the drill Bruno :p .
You're right I didn't NEED to fix it but on those cold mornings going to a show, yeah know about 50 or so its nice to have the window up.;)
 
Okay so there were only 2 screws holding the window bracket to the regulator. Good that I only had to drill out 2 since they were in there so tight the Phillip heads rounded off. One of the drill outs was a clip so no problem getting it out but the front one was a nut welded into the bracket. If I drilled too far or too big I might have ruined the thread. I was able to unscrew the remaining screw from the back so it should be good. Off to the hardware store for 8-32 flat head screws and a couple clips. And of course wait on the delivery of the new regulators.
 
Horseplay: Mikey needs to roll his window down to give hand turn signals, as his car's signals don't work.
 
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