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Can anyone tell me how to lube the window track and linkages? Can I just spray through one of the many holes on the door? I have the inside panel removed. This is on my 1981.
Thanks for any help.
White lithium grease works well, but many times the old grease has turned to gum and must be removed first.
How true...the grease in my '68 tracks looked like hard wax. Some of the rollers could be frozen/not rotating, also. Once you clean the tracks decide if you even want to use grease. My "New" 10 year old re-grease job was coated with dust.
You can shoot spray in there, but the sprays don't contain that much lube and it won't go where you need it. Best to remove the door panel and do it right with white lithium grease from a tube.
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Ive freed up stuck windows using WD40 spraying thru the holes. As already stated, however, the best practice is to remove the mechanism, clean and reapply new grease. Ive been using sil-glyde recently in place of white lithum grease.
Before you remove any of the track or mechanism it's best to take a sharpie and draw an outline around any bolt you are removing. It will help putting it all back. Or just spray over everything with a contrasting color. When you remove the bolt the original col0or will be there as an outline..
You don't need to disassemble anything other than the door panel to lube the window mechanism and rollers. You will need to run it UP / DOWN in different positions to get everything greased, but that should do it.
Removing the door panel is not a big deal....BUT you need to take a bit of care by removing the screw on the door jamb retainer and popping the heavy duty Velcro-like pads from the metal door frame. Remove the Lock **** (check YouTube, if you don't know how), then lift the pad from the door a bit [UP and OUT] and slide it FORWARD over the release handle. Once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy. If you still have the paper (or plastic) vapor barrier on the metal door frame, you can very carefully pull it from the strip of adhesive 'goop' and save it for reassembly. It is beneficial to keep the vapor barrier present.
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