1990 K5 rear window problems
#32
05-14-2010, 08:56 PM
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 194
*EDIT* I still can't get off the cable...
Last edited by THePaRaSiTE5771; 05-14-2010 at 09:24 PM.
#33
05-15-2010, 06:35 AM
vvvvv I explained how to remove the cable from the regulator transmission in this reply... vvvvv
Take a look at the new cable when it comes in and you will see how it is.
Referring to the pictures previously posted in post #4, look at the picture on the right. You will see where the cable attaches to the transmission. Zoom in on the picture to get a good look at the connection. You will see that the end of the cable is ob-longed. The cable is removed by finding the longer sides and pressing them in. This will bow out the narrower sides, disengaging them from the regulator transmission.
#34
05-15-2010, 09:12 AM
ahhh i finally found the thread, sorry took so long parasite...
the regulator should have a nut on it... if not it normally means someone has worked on it before, i have seen in the past people would super glue there regulator cable casing to the regulator, so it doesnt fall out.. because they lost the nut or something like that. i have tried the fingernail polish remover before and got lucky once.. the other times i had to order a regulator for my friends K5...
i guess i should ask if the casing spins in the regulator? or not... if not i would think its bonded with something.. if it spins, and it still does not come out. and you dont plan on re-using the old one... try to pull it off and twist with some vice grips....
hope this helps
Ck1500
the regulator should have a nut on it... if not it normally means someone has worked on it before, i have seen in the past people would super glue there regulator cable casing to the regulator, so it doesnt fall out.. because they lost the nut or something like that. i have tried the fingernail polish remover before and got lucky once.. the other times i had to order a regulator for my friends K5...
i guess i should ask if the casing spins in the regulator? or not... if not i would think its bonded with something.. if it spins, and it still does not come out. and you dont plan on re-using the old one... try to pull it off and twist with some vice grips....
hope this helps
Ck1500
#35
05-15-2010, 12:50 PM
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 194
swartlkk, the new cable arrived on Thursday...
Ck1500, The casing spins but I can't get it off. I will try the vice grips today.
Ck1500, The casing spins but I can't get it off. I will try the vice grips today.
#36
05-15-2010, 07:09 PM
Neither of my power window regulators have a nut that holds the drive cable to the regulator. Both are as I described and as my picture above shows. You just pinch the wider part together. If the plastic is stiff, you may need to use a pair of pliers, but it should come apart. The new one just pushes on.
#37
05-15-2010, 07:52 PM
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Massachusetts
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Neither of my power window regulators have a nut that holds the drive cable to the regulator. Both are as I described and as my picture above shows. You just pinch the wider part together. If the plastic is stiff, you may need to use a pair of pliers, but it should come apart. The new one just pushes on.
#38
05-16-2010, 12:21 PM
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Massachusetts
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Well, the new cable was installed but apparently isn't the problem. It does the same thing, the motor revs but the gears don't move and it still doesn't even try to lift the window. What the heck is going on?!
#39
05-16-2010, 02:29 PM
If everything is installed properly, then the problem has to be the motor. Something has to be broken in the nose drive of the motor itself. Your cable would have needed some help anyway because the end was off of it.
#40
05-16-2010, 03:10 PM
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 194
So I need a new motor? How do I take out the old one?