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I’ve completed all the steps up to loosening all the white
fastene on the inner door panel. Bottom is loose, but it’s binding at the top. I have removed rod and plastic tube. What am I missing. I just can’t get to the last two bolts on the shade motor assembly.
thanks.
You have to stick your hand way up in there and work blindly. Remove one of the bits completely. Then loosen the second one half way so the bracket stays in place. It will make reassembly much much easier. Trust me. Use a small wrench to loosen the nuts.
Go it done! Thanks for the assistance. This tread was most helpful. Both gears chewed up. Replaced gears and applied liberal amount of lithium grease. No issues with adjusting shade height.
Now waiting for gears on other shade to crap out.....
Go it done! Thanks for the assistance. This tread was most helpful. Both gears chewed up. Replaced gears and applied liberal amount of lithium grease. No issues with adjusting shade height.
Now waiting for gears on other shade to crap out.....
So I'm just curious. How did you eventually separate the metal rod? We're you able to use your hands or did you have to go with the more scary vice grip/hammer route? I hope I never have to do that job again.
This thread is a great DIY. I used it to replace the gears on my 958.1. In the interest of adding to the discussion and helping the next person to do this project, I wrote up some additional tips I learned while performing the job (with pictures) here: https://www.revogarage.com/porsche-c...-window-shade/
Definitely could not have done this project without this thread. Thanks to the OP!
hey i did everything except removing those two screws behind the inner door panel..even after removing the speaker i dont' have the reach to get there.. ****...
The two screws behind the inner door panel have torx heads on the tails. If you lower your window 20cm +/- 5mm, you'll be able to see them. You are to use a female torx socket to turn the screw from the tail in a clockwise motion. Think about this, as it will turn the head in a counterclockwise (loosen) direction. You only need to loosen them enough to be able to hand lift the window to the top and tape it in place.
Just did this repair on my 2012 Cayenne. It was more work than I expected. Took me most of afternoon and ended up with multiple scratches on my arm from reaching through the speaker opening. The problem I ran into was the replacement gear (the two step one) has excess "lip" that needed to be grind down since the gear case had this "lip" molded in already. The other issue I had was pushing the long rod from window opening down into the conduit during re-assembly. It just wouldn't go into the conduit. I had to remove the motor assembly again, and reinstall it with the long rod already in the conduit. Getting the long rod through the door panel opening also proved to be a chore, had to raise the shade halfway so I had more rod to flex to hook the opening onto rod.
I think the issue is the grease Porsche used deteriorates the nylon gears over time. My old gears didn't just strip, but split into two pieces with all tooth shattered everywhere inside the gearbox. These nylon material should not disintegrates like this.
Hope my other shade doesn't go out anytime soon. Not looking forward to do this again.
Having trouble setting the shade up limit, tried the procedure below (multiple times) but the shade just keeps going back down (automatically closing) on its own. I've tried manually holding the button up to raise the shade and using one touch, but either way the shade goes right back down once it reaches the top. Does anyone have any tips/suggestions that I could try. Thanks.
7) The last step is to set the shade up limit: Close to retract it, then raise the shade. If it automatically closes, raise it again while keeping finger on switch, then hit the down switch to stop the travel when fully raised. That will set the upper limit. It took me a couple of tries to get it set properly.
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1) You have to pull really hard to get the metal rod out of the door, don't be shy, it will come out.
2) No way my arms were fitting in the door, fortunately my wife is thin.
3) Pressing in the gear to the metal is a total nightmare (pic attached) if you don't have a vice. Also aligning the gear up properly was difficult. I did a bad job of aligning so mine never seated fully down, but once it was on it was too risky to take it back off. This means the case wouldn't fully close and there's definitely some internal resistance in there that shouldn't be there. Fortunately I don't foresee that blind being used much, if at all.
1) You have to pull really hard to get the metal rod out of the door, don't be shy, it will come out.
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To help anyone that might be trying to remove the door panel in the future. There is a much easier way than trying to pull the metal rod out of the plastic bracket.
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This takes about 10 seconds and zero force is required. It is very easy.
STEP 1 - manually pull/extend the shade up to its highest point
SETP 2 - with shade pulled up, lift up on the door panel, and complexly pull the rod out of the door along with the entire door panel
To help anyone that might be trying to remove the door panel in the future. There is a much easier way than trying to pull the metal rod out of the plastic bracket.
.
This takes about 10 seconds and zero force is required. It is very easy.
STEP 1 - manually pull/extend the shade up to its highest point
SETP 2 - with shade pulled up, lift up on the door panel, and complexly pull the rod out of the door along with the entire door panel
This is indeed what I ended up doing, after failing at separating the rod from the curtain. I must wish I've seen this post sooner
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