Sunroof Motor Clean - Worth Doing
05-12-2015, 09:30 PM
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Sunroof Motor Clean - Worth Doing
Currently in the process of a fairly robust internal cleaning (all started after I purchased a $0.49 door clip...one thing lead to another and now I'm down to nearly the metal).
I'm going to take the headliner off soon to do a clean / SEM job, and was considering taking the sunroof motor off and going some cleaning on it.
The sunroof ran very slow, and I suspect that the track lubricant is probably gummed up (going to clean it up regardless), but I was considering removing the motor and cleaning up things up on it.
I saw a post from where Ducman chimed in saying that the motor refresh isn't terribly difficult.
Should I leave well enough alone? Or do I take the opportunity to tidy up a motor that's been in service (and probably not maintained) for the last 30 years.
I'm going to take the headliner off soon to do a clean / SEM job, and was considering taking the sunroof motor off and going some cleaning on it.
The sunroof ran very slow, and I suspect that the track lubricant is probably gummed up (going to clean it up regardless), but I was considering removing the motor and cleaning up things up on it.
I saw a post from where Ducman chimed in saying that the motor refresh isn't terribly difficult.
Should I leave well enough alone? Or do I take the opportunity to tidy up a motor that's been in service (and probably not maintained) for the last 30 years.
05-13-2015, 12:21 AM
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When you take the drive cables off to clean and lube them, run the motor without them attached. See how it runs.
Make your decision from that.
I can't comment on the sunroof motor, but I did my windshield wiper motor (replaced the bearing and cleaned it up a lot) with minimal trouble.
Make your decision from that.
I can't comment on the sunroof motor, but I did my windshield wiper motor (replaced the bearing and cleaned it up a lot) with minimal trouble.
05-13-2015, 02:41 AM
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This was one of the first things I messed with when I first got my car, took mine apart, but it was an hour or so wasted, motor mechanism was fine.
There is a brass toothed gear that uses friction like a clutch. That little slotted screw needs to be in and tight . I found it in the console after I r&r'd the motor.
Problem was the switch
There is a brass toothed gear that uses friction like a clutch. That little slotted screw needs to be in and tight . I found it in the console after I r&r'd the motor.
Problem was the switch
05-13-2015, 11:28 AM
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To the OP- don't lubricate the track- only lubricate the "wire" with some gold grease. Lubricating the track only slows it down when some gritty substance inevitably lands on it.
05-13-2015, 12:06 PM
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Details are in this thread:
https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...-overhaul.html
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05-13-2015, 12:50 PM
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Assuming that the Gold Grease is , wouldn't using a solid grease ultimately lead to the same gunking up of the track?
