Alan Surrey
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I am replacing the window regulator because it is properly broken.
The old one is out and the new ready to go in. The weather on my drive is good and I'm on the case.
But.
The window seems stiff. In its present state of disassembly, I can lift and lower the glass by grasping its lower edge and pulling or shoving. I had expected it might drift downward under its own weight and that it would need a little bit of force to lift it. However it needs quite a pull to move it downwards if it is within 100mm/4 inches of being closed and to move it upwards, a shove of perhaps 30 lb force/15 kg/150Newtons is necessary. This seems to me to be a lot for a little window regulator mechanism.
Please would anyone with experience of window regulators advise. Is this right and if not, what should I do about it? I have tried silicon oil on the channels through which the glass slides but it made little difference.
2008 QPV.
All advice welcome.
The old one is out and the new ready to go in. The weather on my drive is good and I'm on the case.
But.
The window seems stiff. In its present state of disassembly, I can lift and lower the glass by grasping its lower edge and pulling or shoving. I had expected it might drift downward under its own weight and that it would need a little bit of force to lift it. However it needs quite a pull to move it downwards if it is within 100mm/4 inches of being closed and to move it upwards, a shove of perhaps 30 lb force/15 kg/150Newtons is necessary. This seems to me to be a lot for a little window regulator mechanism.
Please would anyone with experience of window regulators advise. Is this right and if not, what should I do about it? I have tried silicon oil on the channels through which the glass slides but it made little difference.
2008 QPV.
All advice welcome.