Window Motor replacement

[GrandmasterCow]

anyone here replace the window motors in our cars? my drivers is dead, window all way up. how should i get it to go down to relieve tension on the spring and go pickup a new motor?

[Knipps]

http://www.njfboa.org/forums//showthread.php?t=26384

[deadtrend1]

you want it all the way up to change the motor.

read ...

http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor.html

basically hold it up with a C-clamp and you can pull it out

[Jersey_TA]

I've changed my driver side motor before....PITA

[GrandmasterCow]

thanks alot i took care of it today

[Knipps]

thanks alot i took care of it today

that quick? what'd you do?

[GrandmasterCow]

poipped off the door panel and stuff and there werent any rivets the motor was previously replaced so it was just nuts/bolts and swapped'em

[camaro2you]

I always do it with the window in the half postion it relieves all of the tension on the spring.

[GrandmasterCow]

spring wasn't a problem for me. i kept the window all way up and stuck a C clamp to lightly hold it up, then i drilled a holve overtop each of the bolts(stock are rivets) to hold the motor to the track, then just removed the motor through the speaker hole.