The motor has been burnt out on my bmw rear window(thanks to my son) It smelt bloody awful It is open and I and took ages to stop smoking.Obviously I want to close it, even as a temporary measure while I find a replacement .Is there a way of closing it manually? Ive read that it can be done but no one says how!
Does anybody know how to do it?
2007-04-13 03:50:39 · 9 answers · asked by k56t 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
the door has been split down and the motor has been removed...however the window will not budge a cm!!!
2007-04-13 04:17:09 · update #1
Looks like you'll have to dislodge the glass from the channel it sits in, then hoist it up & wedge it somehow. To be fair to your son, it sounds like the regulator mechanism is seized and that's what might have caused the motor to burn out. Don't tell him, though!
2007-04-13 04:51:41 · answer #1 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not familiar with BMWs but the typical power window would require taking the door panel off,removing the motor and gears and manually lifting the window. If you have paid to have all this done put the motor in NOW.Otherwise tape the window over.Lastly do you have a dealer close by? They would be the ones who would know.
Mike
2007-04-13 04:05:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bite the bullet and replace the motor - there's no easy way of lifting the glass.
If you remove the glass from the channel it's even more work - the motor still needs replacing. Why work on it twice?
2007-04-13 10:58:31 · answer #3 · answered by Seopard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same thing as tf, you would have to remove the inner door panel, unbolt the motor from thr window regulator, manualy
pull the window up and rebolt the motor. on som cars the motor and regulator are one piece and must be replaced together. like the motor is permintaly rivited to the window regulator. don't know on your car though.
2007-04-13 04:01:15 · answer #4 · answered by stevet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you would have to take the inside door panel apart and find the motor and loosen it and pull the window up and tighten the connections again - but while you are in their just replace the motor
2007-04-13 03:55:16 · answer #5 · answered by T F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bit off topic, but when I had a Rover 216 they made a big thing about how to close the electric sunroof manually if the electrics failed. Not a thing about the electric windows though!
2007-04-13 20:58:23 · answer #6 · answered by The original Peter G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
remove the door panel ,disconnect the motor drive from the regulator. move the window to the up position. block up the glass reattach the drive.
2007-04-13 03:57:07 · answer #7 · answered by KEVIN MOPAR 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only by taking the door mechanism to bits. Consult your friendly Haynes manual.
2007-04-13 03:54:32 · answer #8 · answered by Del Piero 10 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i had the same trouble once.do like i did.you have to take the motor out anyways,right?,well take it out and cut a stick,to hold the window up,until you can find a motor for it.thats what i did.
2007-04-13 04:06:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋