help meh before i kill my hatch....

[TippinOver]

manual....f**king....windows....


my drivers side window has been a pain in my ass since i got my car....started about a week after...

i have broken one interior handle already over this...

my window is an EXTREME pain in the ass to roll up/down. i'm a pretty strong guy...and this really takes enough "oomph" for me to complain about it.

when it FINALLY rolls up, there is about a 1/2" gap on the side of the window closest to the side mirror, and its angle follows to the rear of the door.

while this rolls up, there is still a gap, which creates a kickass WHISTLEEEEEEEE while on the highway, and always leaks a bit under heavy water....

i have opened up the door panel, and just sprayed lube on everything i saw that involves the window.

is there ANYONE that can help me make this pain in the ass go away....?

 

[Svr_Civic]

is it off track ? i would try to take it off track , spray down the window rails that it slides on and see if that helps

 

[X-aCuTiOnA]

1. its prolly off track, which is why it was so hard to put up
2. Having been able to put it up, your prolly f**ked it up and made it worse and now my need new window internals
3. If you can, try and fix it yourself. If not, i feel sorry for you

 

[TippinOver]

i just sprayed wd40 on the sides where the window rolls up...umm...the places where the side mirror tweeter holder attaches to, and the rear of the door...

rolls up and down perfectly now and the gap is gone. Still some minor force required, but absolutely nothing like before....

 

[ImportFan1]

you might wanna take the door panels off and see if its off the track. atleast its not as hard as it was before.

 

[TippinOver]

i'll def do that

its dark outside...need daylight. i'm blind

 

[racing_kid]

i had the same problem.

i wouldnt mine having to take off my panel and take pics if you need help tommarow.

just let me know. i had to take it off like 2 times in one week..lol

 

[BrakeLights]

damn it i was having the same problem and i notcied that the rubber on the outside of the car was getting stuck between the window and the track or whatever and it was making it so hard to roll up, so i pushed it back and the window worked lik new, then 2 weeks later same thing except the rubber is in the right place and now everytime i roll up the window i end up almost braking the handel off

 

[1999stockaccord]

a better lubricant silicone based is better than wd40, and will last a lot longer

 

[TippinOver]

racing kid: go ahead and post some pics for me. i'll need them before i go hacking at everything from the door hinge back

brakelights: i went out to the bar one night. got trashed. drove home. in driveway, rolled up my window, handle broke off in my hand....sucked.

 

[TippinOver]

yah, i know the silicone spray will be better....i jus saw a wd40 can around and used that....will get silicone later..

 

[racing_kid]

ok...

i'll atke pics for you later when i get back from school...

 

[EG-Owns you]

lol my driver side windows a pain in the ass to roll it up but thats because the window tracker thingy is broken just to poor to fix it

 

[racing_kid]

just got home and my batteries are dead.

I'll take apart the door in the meanwhile to take a few shots.

anything you want in particular?

 

[TippinOver]

absolutly everything u can take a pic of

from window up to everything disassembled, please help me get this right

many thnx

 

[TippinOver]

absolutly everything u can take a pic of

from window up to everything disassembled, please help me get this right

many thnx

 

[racing_kid]

hope this helps...

tools you might need...
flat head screw driver
Philips head
some sort of pick, i used a small test light type pick.
3in extension
with a 10mm socket

unbolt these... granted mine is a 5th gen...

i didnt have a srew here.

take this clip off...

this is when im putting it back on with a flat head.
to take it off i used the pick..

then pull off window crank..

then pull door panel

here are a few pics of the inside.

make sure these are bolted..

bolt for the window trak if you need to get to them.
your should be in about the same place

i lubed my window rubber pieces with this...

 

[TippinOver]

awesome! how to worthy!

BUT..the kicker...what will i be needing to do?

would my window be totally off one side of the track or something? would i unbolt, put window in track, and then tighten bolt back down and lube?

thanks so much man!

 

[King Bob]

dude post this as a how to

 

[racing_kid]

would i unbolt, put window in track, and then tighten bolt back down and lube?

yeszir!^^

it should be obvious when you take off the panel.

usually what happens is it either it comes off the tab/s, ( the black plastic things that hold the window in place which is bolted on the window track) or a bolt is loose or falls out which causes the wind to be off track. making it really hard to roll up and strip your window cranks.
you can fix this buy using some sort of cauking and putting it in the tab before inserting the window back in and/or putting the bolt back where it goes.
the last time i was in there the bolt came off the tab on one side of the track and the the window fell out the tab on the other

dude post this as a how to

ok ..