Fixing a stucked window(car)
I know it's been some time since my last blog was posted. I was busy with work and time seems to be running too fast and i just need more than 24 hours.
Well, yesterday i did a wrong decision and lead me to trouble for hours. My car's passenger windows was stucked. The cable inside was all jammed out due to a broken bracket(something like a plastic that guide the cable to the right path) and i thought i can just glue it back and everything will be alright. I am wrong. First thing i went to workshop and asked how much if i were to get a new one and they told me i had to change the whole piece of it instead of getting the bracket only. So the price quoted was RM80 for china made and RM120 for Taiwan made. He advice me to get the taiwan made as it is known to be more reliable. I thinked...why should i get a whole new one since i only need a damn tiny bracket. So, i decided to glue it. Yesterday started from 6pm, i tried to fix it togather with my dad. It was a damn tiring process! If you are interested, just proceed else here is the end of this post.
Step 1 : You have to wind down the the window first until left about 2 inchs..don't go all the way down to max.Step 2 : Unscrew all the screws on the door, which have 3 nutsStep 3 : Remove the nuts that lock the glass window and then remove the entire glass window.Step 4 : Take out all the nuts that lock the little motor and the glass holder.
Congratulation, you sucessfully moved out the entire thing.
But the shits begin after this. We glued the broken bracket back and once we put the jammed cables into the right position and installed it back...damn...the cable got jammed again and worst thing is when i press up ..the window goes down and when i press down..the window goes up..SHIT!
So, no choice have to take out the entire set again and redo it again...but this time the cable got worst and it was hard to reset it back to the origin position. Installed 2nd time and it got jammed again...this time..the window stucked in the middle..the cable was totally jammed and the motor was about to overheat due to frequent up and down forcing the window up. I was worried that time coz we can't take out the motor to reset again coz the window was stucked in the middle. The motor can only be taken out if it position of the glass window is at bottom.
After half and hour, we managed to get the everything out again. Then trying to reset the cable again. This time we got it almost right and after installed, the window were able to go up as it should. But it was just a temporary solution as i believe it won't last.
I would never wind down the window again until i get a new one next week. By the time we finished everything, it was already 10++pm...I should had just paid the RM120 and get the damn window fixed.
Well, yesterday i did a wrong decision and lead me to trouble for hours. My car's passenger windows was stucked. The cable inside was all jammed out due to a broken bracket(something like a plastic that guide the cable to the right path) and i thought i can just glue it back and everything will be alright. I am wrong. First thing i went to workshop and asked how much if i were to get a new one and they told me i had to change the whole piece of it instead of getting the bracket only. So the price quoted was RM80 for china made and RM120 for Taiwan made. He advice me to get the taiwan made as it is known to be more reliable. I thinked...why should i get a whole new one since i only need a damn tiny bracket. So, i decided to glue it. Yesterday started from 6pm, i tried to fix it togather with my dad. It was a damn tiring process! If you are interested, just proceed else here is the end of this post.
Step 1 : You have to wind down the the window first until left about 2 inchs..don't go all the way down to max.Step 2 : Unscrew all the screws on the door, which have 3 nutsStep 3 : Remove the nuts that lock the glass window and then remove the entire glass window.Step 4 : Take out all the nuts that lock the little motor and the glass holder.
Congratulation, you sucessfully moved out the entire thing.
But the shits begin after this. We glued the broken bracket back and once we put the jammed cables into the right position and installed it back...damn...the cable got jammed again and worst thing is when i press up ..the window goes down and when i press down..the window goes up..SHIT!
So, no choice have to take out the entire set again and redo it again...but this time the cable got worst and it was hard to reset it back to the origin position. Installed 2nd time and it got jammed again...this time..the window stucked in the middle..the cable was totally jammed and the motor was about to overheat due to frequent up and down forcing the window up. I was worried that time coz we can't take out the motor to reset again coz the window was stucked in the middle. The motor can only be taken out if it position of the glass window is at bottom.
After half and hour, we managed to get the everything out again. Then trying to reset the cable again. This time we got it almost right and after installed, the window were able to go up as it should. But it was just a temporary solution as i believe it won't last.
I would never wind down the window again until i get a new one next week. By the time we finished everything, it was already 10++pm...I should had just paid the RM120 and get the damn window fixed.
posted by Grayson | 9:19 AM
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