window down for door opening and closing

[dan (san Jose)]

I am sure this has been discussed before but as usual until it happens to you, you tend not the let it register.

Here is the problem. On the passenger side window, the motor is making noise and the window drops possibly a mm or 2 but does not drop enough to clear the top during opening or closing of the door. The window still operates properly going completely up or down but not in the closed position when opening or closing the door. Is this a sensor problem, mechanism, servo? When you open the door the window goes down slightly, if you press down on the top of the window it goes down to the proper opening-closing position.

Tool Pants and or others...do you have any thoughts?

Thanks in advance

Dan Almaden Valley ca :help:

[Tool Pants]

I asked one of the mechanics I know, Manny, at Stevens Creek this very question in September when I watched him replace the window regulator on a 996 in about 20 minutes.

The regulator is operated via a cable. He said it can stretch or something breaks - but otherwise the window goes up and down fine. The cable runs around several plastic pulleys, and the pulleys like to break like in the 996 he was working on. He pulls the door panel off to see what is going on.

Mark in Sunnyvale has a new spare passenger side regulator, and I have a new spare drivers side. We bought them off ebay because the price was right and this is a common problem.

I have had no reason to pull a door panel. Might be a good excuse, if I can remember what Manny and Peter said.

[dan (san Jose)]

I asked one of the mechanics I know, Manny, at Stevens Creek this very question in September when I watched him replace the window regulator on a 996 in about 20 minutes.

The regulator is operated via a cable.  He said it can stretch or something breaks - but otherwise the window goes up and down fine.  The cable runs around several plastic pulleys, and the pulleys like to break like in the 996 he was working on.  He pulls the door panel off to see what is going on.

Mark in Sunnyvale has a new spare passenger side regulator, and I have a new spare drivers side.  We bought them off ebay because the price was right and this is a common problem.

I have had no reason to pull a door panel.  Might be a good excuse, if I can remember what Manny and Peter said.

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So either the regulator itself is damaged in some way or the one of the pulleys is broken?

Or is this all a single unit.  Can the pulleys be replaced individually?

How much is a new regualtor?  Are we talking big $$$?

Thanks Jeff

Edited December 12, 2004 by dan (san Jose)

[Tool Pants]

The regulator, if you take your car in, is something like $250 just for the part.

The green round things are the plastic pulleys. They were white on the 996.

The green and blue plastic round things also can break. I think that is what happened to Mark's car. I have a broken regulator with those parts but no clue if you can replace them. A dealer does not play around with this stuff. It is R and R. There are no parts for the regulator.

[dan (san Jose)]

The regulator, if you take your car in, is something like $250 just for the part.

The green round things are the plastic pulleys.  They were white on the 996.

The green and blue plastic round things also can break.  I think that is what happened to Mark's car.  I have a broken regulator with those parts but no clue if you can replace them.  A dealer does not play around with this stuff.  It is R and R.  There are no parts for the regulator.

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Thanks for the info Jeff. I will probably take the door panel off and take a look. since everything seems to be working other than the door open function, it must me one of the pulleys. I will see.

Any plans for a work on cars day in the near future with someone with door panel experience in attendance?

Dan