posted 05-28-2006 05:04 PM                  

1. A picture of the regulator and where it breaks:

2. I used semi-ridgid plastic water pipe split in one place for the inner support. This is to bring the outside diameter of the smaller tube to same diameter as the outside diameter of the elbow.
[img] http://www.prowleronline.com/ubb/image_uploads/III/innerpip.jpg[/img]

3. Take a pool cue tip of the right size (.520" ID), cut off the tip and split in one place.

4. Install hose clamps to hold everything together as shown.

Pretty simple fix, and I think it adds a lot of strength to the vulnerable joint. Hope it works.

posted 05-28-2006 05:36 PM                  

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posted 05-28-2006 07:21 PM                  

Any new input on a repair always helpful & welcomed.

posted 05-29-2006 07:53 AM                  

Catfish has made an interesting point. There is a break in the nylon tube to the right of the repair I made. See picture:

This break is in exactly the same place on both my right and left door regulators. My assumption was that they are supposed to be this way. Now that Catfish has pointed out otherwise, my assumption may have been wrong. Does anybody know for sure? Looks like I may have to reinforce the entire length of the nylon tube.

posted 05-29-2006 09:35 AM                  

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Originally posted by Kruisin Kat:

Any ideas on repairs are helpful and welcome, that way the person doing the repair can choose the repair that they feel they can perform.

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posted 05-29-2006 10:39 AM                  

1. The spring cable inner slide which rides inside the nylon tube appears to slide back and forth, not rotate. The spring moves up in the track at the rear of the door, and down in the track at the front of the door simultaneously, and visa versa. The slides are inverted at front and rear, thus the two ends move up and down in unison. The motor simply pushes and pulls the spring cable from one end to the other.

Now that I think about it, the break in the picture is not supposed to be there, and explains why the window does not go all the way up (about 1/2") at the rear, which is where the break is.

posted 05-30-2006 11:59 AM                  

I've redone the regulators again, but right this time, thanks to your input. I will post it again when I get the time with much better pictures and descriptions.

posted 06-15-2006 01:29 PM                  

I have only had this done for a couple of weeks now, and have operated the windows, maybe 50-60 times since then. I have extreme confidence that this fix is indeed a permanent fix. The windows work better now than they did when they were new. Solid up and down motion without any unusual noises, and they come to a full up position every time (top up or down - doors open or closed).

posted 06-15-2006 08:32 PM                  

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