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Repair Window Lifters?
Anyone ever managed (or even tried) to fix any of those hydraulic window
lifters? The ones on my '91 rear window are shot and it costs about $50 for new ones. The warning labels on them make it sound like if you take them apart you will end up walking around with a steel shaft sticking out of your head. I figure they probably need about 50 cents worth of O-Rings and maybe some new oil. Are they pressurized at the factory or does compressing them pressurize them enough? Any tips on taking them apart? Thanks. |
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"Ulysses" /> wrote in
: > Anyone ever managed (or even tried) to fix any of those hydraulic > window lifters? The ones on my '91 rear window are shot and it costs > about $50 for new ones. The warning labels on them make it sound like > if you take them apart you will end up walking around with a steel > shaft sticking out of your head. I figure they probably need about 50 > cents worth of O-Rings and maybe some new oil. Are they pressurized > at the factory or does compressing them pressurize them enough? Any > tips on taking them apart? > > Thanks. > > > Looks like they are about $12 each at Rockauto.com. http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,ca...,parttype,1404 There is no way to fix them. They are not hydraulic, they are gas charged, nitrogen I believe. There is no way you can charge them with any home equipment. You are not going to find them cheaper than Rockauto.com. I know because I just researched it and bought them there. So just buy them and be done with it. |
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Akheel, did you get your rear air working?
/richard On Nov 19, 12:09 am, akheel > wrote: > "Ulysses" /> wrote : > > > Anyone ever managed (or even tried) to fix any of those hydraulic > > window lifters? The ones on my '91 rear window are shot and it costs > > about $50 for new ones. The warning labels on them make it sound like > > if you take them apart you will end up walking around with a steel > > shaft sticking out of your head. I figure they probably need about 50 > > cents worth of O-Rings and maybe some new oil. Are they pressurized > > at the factory or does compressing them pressurize them enough? Any > > tips on taking them apart? > > > Thanks. > > Looks like they are about $12 each at Rockauto.com. > > http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,ca...,parttype,1404 > > There is no way to fix them. They are not hydraulic, they are gas > charged, nitrogen I believe. There is no way you can charge them with any > home equipment. You are not going to find them cheaper than Rockauto.com. > I know because I just researched it and bought them there. So just buy > them and be done with it. |
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"akheel" > wrote in message ... > "Ulysses" /> wrote in > : > > > Anyone ever managed (or even tried) to fix any of those hydraulic > > window lifters? The ones on my '91 rear window are shot and it costs > > about $50 for new ones. The warning labels on them make it sound like > > if you take them apart you will end up walking around with a steel > > shaft sticking out of your head. I figure they probably need about 50 > > cents worth of O-Rings and maybe some new oil. Are they pressurized > > at the factory or does compressing them pressurize them enough? Any > > tips on taking them apart? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > Looks like they are about $12 each at Rockauto.com. > > http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,ca...,parttype,1404 > > There is no way to fix them. They are not hydraulic, they are gas > charged, nitrogen I believe. There is no way you can charge them with any > home equipment. You are not going to find them cheaper than Rockauto.com. > I know because I just researched it and bought them there. So just buy > them and be done with it. OK then. Thanks. |
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Whack 'em with a hammer? What next? Cut a shock open with a tubing cutter
and fix it with home depot parts? You're not "thrifty", you're just plain "cheap".... |
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Yes I did, thanks for asking. All it needed was an actuator. Took about
an hour because I was being careful. If I did it again, I could do it in half an hour. I took apart the old actuator, and, as another poster here also reported, it's a little 20 cent plastic gear inside that goes bad. Team Ford Parts out of Las Vegas best place to get the replacement (www.teamfordparts.com). $34 if I remember correctly, about half of what your local dealer will want. Richard > wrote in : > Akheel, did you get your rear air working? > > /richard > > > On Nov 19, 12:09 am, akheel > wrote: >> "Ulysses" /> wrote >> : >> >> > Anyone ever managed (or even tried) to fix any of those hydraulic >> > window lifters? The ones on my '91 rear window are shot and it >> > costs about $50 for new ones. The warning labels on them make it >> > sound like if you take them apart you will end up walking around >> > with a steel shaft sticking out of your head. I figure they >> > probably need about 50 cents worth of O-Rings and maybe some new >> > oil. Are they pressurized at the factory or does compressing them >> > pressurize them enough? Any tips on taking them apart? >> >> > Thanks. >> >> Looks like they are about $12 each at Rockauto.com. >> >> http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,ca...,parttype,1404 >> >> There is no way to fix them. They are not hydraulic, they are gas >> charged, nitrogen I believe. There is no way you can charge them with >> any home equipment. You are not going to find them cheaper than >> Rockauto.com. I know because I just researched it and bought them >> there. So just buy them and be done with it. > > |
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"Jim Warman" > wrote in message news:Qru0j.1242$HH2.812@edtnps82... > Whack 'em with a hammer? What next? Cut a shock open with a tubing cutter > and fix it with home depot parts? > > You're not "thrifty", you're just plain "cheap".... > > > Yes, I am cheap. I was thinking more of Ace Hardware because they have a better selection of O-Rings and springs etc. |
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Jim Warman wrote:
> Whack 'em with a hammer? What next? Cut a shock open with a tubing cutter > and fix it with home depot parts? > > You're not "thrifty", you're just plain "cheap".... > > > I was thinking drill a small hole in them and pump in some bars leaks. Tap a dimple with a small hammer for a flat spot to start the drill. |
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Jeez... you're friggin' near as cruel as I am...................
"Bob" > wrote in message . .. > Jim Warman wrote: >> Whack 'em with a hammer? What next? Cut a shock open with a tubing cutter >> and fix it with home depot parts? >> >> You're not "thrifty", you're just plain "cheap".... >> >> >> > I was thinking drill a small hole in them and pump in some bars leaks. Tap > a dimple with a small hammer for a flat spot to start the drill. |
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