Toyota Trucks: rear window - '98 4runner

Spray some silicone spray on the window tracks --- down inside the door
shell too. Do it before you strip the grars on the motor (big $$$).

"tlf" <net> wrote in message
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Hey Wolf,

Thanks for the tip. I just picked up some silicone spray but when I went to
lower the back window all I get now is a click (from the back door). This
sucks. I suppose I better bend over now.

-T


"Wolfgang" wrote in message: 

Unfortunatelly you WILL have to bend over. What you described is exactly
what happened to me. The little gear on your motor has stripped. The design
of the window sucks, and water gets in an washes out all the grease. This in
turn rusts the gears. What happened on mine was that the motor gear got
stripped. You have no choice but to get a new motor. Sorry.


"tlf" <net> wrote in message
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I don't suppose I could find an aftermarket motor out there and that I could
do the work myslef? Am I dreaming? Google seemed to think so.


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Try www.taprecycling.com for a used motor. I'd take yours out and check it
first --- I seem to recall dealer price on the motor (can't just buy the
gears) was over $300. Might look on ebay too --- TAP is often pricy on what
they think a used part is worth.

"tlf" <net> wrote in message
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Good ideas - thx! I called my local dealer here today and was quoted $262.00
for the motor. The regulator is another $131.00 if thats needed. I did
manage to get the window open this morning and immediately shot a bunch of
silicone in the tracks, and onto the regulator gears (I think that's what I
saw - 2 fan shaped gears in the center of the door??). The silicone seemed
to help and I didn't have any problems lowering/raising the rest of the day.
I have no idea how this works but am envisioning that the motor turns an arm
and the other end of the arm is attached to the fan shaped gears? As the
window comes up the regulator moves down thus lifting the window. Am I
close? One parts guy told me it was a huge job, and the other one told me it
could be done pretty easily so I guess I better just get in there and see
what I can find.


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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 05:07:55 GMT, "tlf"
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The 'fan shaped gears' keep the window straight in it's tracks as
it goes up and down by pushing on both sides evenly. One of the arms
is pushed up and down by the motor.

If you have sprayed some silicone lube in the rubber window tracks
and on the mechanism, try it for a while - with the caveat that you
don't lower the window at a /really/ bad time - like when you're away
from home and it looks like rain...

You still might have to take the door panel off and change the motor
or regulator, but stuck windows are often just caused by the glass
sticking in the channels. (And if you leave the glass sticking and
binding up the works long enough, THEN it chews up the motor or
regulator gears.)

--<< Bruce >>--

"tlf" <net> wrote in message news:<L2LMb.40407$xy6.108952@attbi_s02>... 

yes, actually, there are three gears, one is hidden behind the brace.
but you got the idea. the motor turns the hidden gear which is
attached to the fan-shaped assy and that moves the window up and down.
every couple of months i grease it all. however rather than
silicone, i suggest spray white lithium. don't use the lithium grease
on the rubber, that's best left to the silicone, but for metal-metal
contact the lithium is the best and it's mosty water proof.

i didn't find working on the window a big deal. my friend bought a
runner where the rear window was crooked and he wanted to fix that. i
had never taken the rear apart before, but i took the motor,
regulator, and window out (i also took the motor apart by accident).
then we straightend the windows and put it all back in. i think it
was a 3hour job or so. but about 1.5 hours were trying to put the
motor back together (there are springs that push the brushes agains
the rotor which jumped out and were a real pain to get back in). so
it'll be a relatively easy job if you don't mess with taking the motor
apart - you can take the motor off without taking it apart.

mike