1973 Drivers Power window making Popping Noise
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1973 Drivers Power window making Popping Noise



Where is this concentric spring?  I only removed the
front cover of the motor and lubed the gear that is
driven by the motor.  I did not have the motor apart
at all.  

Chad
1973 Imp
1966 Galaxie 500XL
--- ViaJoaquin@xxxxxxx wrote:
> When I R&Red my window motor and raising mechanism I
> made the mistake of 
> washing the concentric spring in solvent. That
> removed all lube from the 
> coil. The coil slips by itself as the window goes up
> and down, without lube 
> any rust or dirt within it causes it to catch and
> jump (pop). Lube the spring 
> entirely, using a small screwdriver to create a gap
> as you work your way 
> around will help. I used Tri-Flow but grease would
> be better. That should 
> take care of the popping.
> 
> Roy
> 67 Crown FDHT  
> 
> In a message dated 2/26/2002 11:13:56 AM Pacific
> Standard Time, 
> chadzeilenga@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> << I recently pulled the window motor out of the
> drivers
>  door on my 73 Imp (what a pain).  It had stopped
>  working and I pulled the door panel off to see what
>  had happened and it was only a bad connection with
> the
>  switch.  I fixed that and figured I would take the
>  motor out too and lube the internals.  I got it out
>  and lubed the gears and put it back on.  It worked
>  great for about 3-4 days and yesterday when I
> rolled
>  the window back up in the fully closed position it
>  acts like there is not a stop on it and tries to
> keep
>  going up.  It makes a really loud popping noise. 
> Does
>  anyone know what might be causing this?
>  
>  Chad 
>  1973 Imp >>
> 
> 


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