XJ window regulator noise
#21
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Re: XJ window regulator noise
That's what I was afraid of. This is the only thing that has been wrong
with my XJ - ever. Both front window regulators have already been
replaced once.
Kevin in Iowa wrote:
> The motor in the window regulator has a nylon gear in it, and when it
> gets worn out
> it makes the sound just like you are describing, evently it will do it
> when you put the
> window up. You will need to replace the regulator, about $100 from the
> dealership,
> I am doing mine in a couple of weeks.
>
> Kevin in Iowa
> 99XJ
>
with my XJ - ever. Both front window regulators have already been
replaced once.
Kevin in Iowa wrote:
> The motor in the window regulator has a nylon gear in it, and when it
> gets worn out
> it makes the sound just like you are describing, evently it will do it
> when you put the
> window up. You will need to replace the regulator, about $100 from the
> dealership,
> I am doing mine in a couple of weeks.
>
> Kevin in Iowa
> 99XJ
>
#22
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Re: XJ window regulator noise
Thanks Bill - that was an excellent reference!
L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> I don't know why it would, the only window sensors I know of are
> used in tailgates where it will not allow an idiot to open it until it
> is all the way down and out of the way. Of course, you may use your
> imagination and put one in the following pages:
> http://www.----------.com/XJPanel.pdf and
> http://www.----------.com/XJPowerWindowMotor.pdf The motor clutches look
> like: http://www.----------.com/pwmotor.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Clap Trap wrote:
>
>>I guess you're not aware that there're such things as automatic
>>switches? The XJ has one. When the window bottoms out, the current
>>goes up and the switch cuts off. Or at least it used to. Rather than
>>sarcasm, I need someone who knows to tell me if it is a simple
>>replacement or is it integral to the regulator such that the whole thing
>>has to be replaced, again.
L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> I don't know why it would, the only window sensors I know of are
> used in tailgates where it will not allow an idiot to open it until it
> is all the way down and out of the way. Of course, you may use your
> imagination and put one in the following pages:
> http://www.----------.com/XJPanel.pdf and
> http://www.----------.com/XJPowerWindowMotor.pdf The motor clutches look
> like: http://www.----------.com/pwmotor.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Clap Trap wrote:
>
>>I guess you're not aware that there're such things as automatic
>>switches? The XJ has one. When the window bottoms out, the current
>>goes up and the switch cuts off. Or at least it used to. Rather than
>>sarcasm, I need someone who knows to tell me if it is a simple
>>replacement or is it integral to the regulator such that the whole thing
>>has to be replaced, again.
#23
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Re: XJ window regulator noise
Thanks Bill - that was an excellent reference!
L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> I don't know why it would, the only window sensors I know of are
> used in tailgates where it will not allow an idiot to open it until it
> is all the way down and out of the way. Of course, you may use your
> imagination and put one in the following pages:
> http://www.----------.com/XJPanel.pdf and
> http://www.----------.com/XJPowerWindowMotor.pdf The motor clutches look
> like: http://www.----------.com/pwmotor.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Clap Trap wrote:
>
>>I guess you're not aware that there're such things as automatic
>>switches? The XJ has one. When the window bottoms out, the current
>>goes up and the switch cuts off. Or at least it used to. Rather than
>>sarcasm, I need someone who knows to tell me if it is a simple
>>replacement or is it integral to the regulator such that the whole thing
>>has to be replaced, again.
L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> I don't know why it would, the only window sensors I know of are
> used in tailgates where it will not allow an idiot to open it until it
> is all the way down and out of the way. Of course, you may use your
> imagination and put one in the following pages:
> http://www.----------.com/XJPanel.pdf and
> http://www.----------.com/XJPowerWindowMotor.pdf The motor clutches look
> like: http://www.----------.com/pwmotor.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Clap Trap wrote:
>
>>I guess you're not aware that there're such things as automatic
>>switches? The XJ has one. When the window bottoms out, the current
>>goes up and the switch cuts off. Or at least it used to. Rather than
>>sarcasm, I need someone who knows to tell me if it is a simple
>>replacement or is it integral to the regulator such that the whole thing
>>has to be replaced, again.
#24
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Re: XJ window regulator noise
Thanks Bill - that was an excellent reference!
L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> I don't know why it would, the only window sensors I know of are
> used in tailgates where it will not allow an idiot to open it until it
> is all the way down and out of the way. Of course, you may use your
> imagination and put one in the following pages:
> http://www.----------.com/XJPanel.pdf and
> http://www.----------.com/XJPowerWindowMotor.pdf The motor clutches look
> like: http://www.----------.com/pwmotor.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Clap Trap wrote:
>
>>I guess you're not aware that there're such things as automatic
>>switches? The XJ has one. When the window bottoms out, the current
>>goes up and the switch cuts off. Or at least it used to. Rather than
>>sarcasm, I need someone who knows to tell me if it is a simple
>>replacement or is it integral to the regulator such that the whole thing
>>has to be replaced, again.
L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> I don't know why it would, the only window sensors I know of are
> used in tailgates where it will not allow an idiot to open it until it
> is all the way down and out of the way. Of course, you may use your
> imagination and put one in the following pages:
> http://www.----------.com/XJPanel.pdf and
> http://www.----------.com/XJPowerWindowMotor.pdf The motor clutches look
> like: http://www.----------.com/pwmotor.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Clap Trap wrote:
>
>>I guess you're not aware that there're such things as automatic
>>switches? The XJ has one. When the window bottoms out, the current
>>goes up and the switch cuts off. Or at least it used to. Rather than
>>sarcasm, I need someone who knows to tell me if it is a simple
>>replacement or is it integral to the regulator such that the whole thing
>>has to be replaced, again.
#25
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Re: XJ window regulator noise
Thanks Bill - that was an excellent reference!
L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> I don't know why it would, the only window sensors I know of are
> used in tailgates where it will not allow an idiot to open it until it
> is all the way down and out of the way. Of course, you may use your
> imagination and put one in the following pages:
> http://www.----------.com/XJPanel.pdf and
> http://www.----------.com/XJPowerWindowMotor.pdf The motor clutches look
> like: http://www.----------.com/pwmotor.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Clap Trap wrote:
>
>>I guess you're not aware that there're such things as automatic
>>switches? The XJ has one. When the window bottoms out, the current
>>goes up and the switch cuts off. Or at least it used to. Rather than
>>sarcasm, I need someone who knows to tell me if it is a simple
>>replacement or is it integral to the regulator such that the whole thing
>>has to be replaced, again.
L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> I don't know why it would, the only window sensors I know of are
> used in tailgates where it will not allow an idiot to open it until it
> is all the way down and out of the way. Of course, you may use your
> imagination and put one in the following pages:
> http://www.----------.com/XJPanel.pdf and
> http://www.----------.com/XJPowerWindowMotor.pdf The motor clutches look
> like: http://www.----------.com/pwmotor.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Clap Trap wrote:
>
>>I guess you're not aware that there're such things as automatic
>>switches? The XJ has one. When the window bottoms out, the current
>>goes up and the switch cuts off. Or at least it used to. Rather than
>>sarcasm, I need someone who knows to tell me if it is a simple
>>replacement or is it integral to the regulator such that the whole thing
>>has to be replaced, again.
#26
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Re: XJ window regulator noise
the regulator is getting ready to fail
the noise is the cable pulling out
Clap Trap wrote:
> '99 XJ with power windows. The regulator on the driver side was
> replaced long ago under warranty. It had the plastic bracket holding
> the glass and was replaced with a metal one. Passenger side also broke
> - but just after warranty.
>
> Anyway, today when I rolled the window down, when it got to the bottom,
> it made a strange sound - a clicking noise kind of like the clutch sound
> on a cordless drill when you get a screw seated. The glass still goes
> up and down, but the 'clutch' starts clicking when it bottoms out.
>
> Any idea what has failed? A switch of some kind?
the noise is the cable pulling out
Clap Trap wrote:
> '99 XJ with power windows. The regulator on the driver side was
> replaced long ago under warranty. It had the plastic bracket holding
> the glass and was replaced with a metal one. Passenger side also broke
> - but just after warranty.
>
> Anyway, today when I rolled the window down, when it got to the bottom,
> it made a strange sound - a clicking noise kind of like the clutch sound
> on a cordless drill when you get a screw seated. The glass still goes
> up and down, but the 'clutch' starts clicking when it bottoms out.
>
> Any idea what has failed? A switch of some kind?
#27
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Re: XJ window regulator noise
the regulator is getting ready to fail
the noise is the cable pulling out
Clap Trap wrote:
> '99 XJ with power windows. The regulator on the driver side was
> replaced long ago under warranty. It had the plastic bracket holding
> the glass and was replaced with a metal one. Passenger side also broke
> - but just after warranty.
>
> Anyway, today when I rolled the window down, when it got to the bottom,
> it made a strange sound - a clicking noise kind of like the clutch sound
> on a cordless drill when you get a screw seated. The glass still goes
> up and down, but the 'clutch' starts clicking when it bottoms out.
>
> Any idea what has failed? A switch of some kind?
the noise is the cable pulling out
Clap Trap wrote:
> '99 XJ with power windows. The regulator on the driver side was
> replaced long ago under warranty. It had the plastic bracket holding
> the glass and was replaced with a metal one. Passenger side also broke
> - but just after warranty.
>
> Anyway, today when I rolled the window down, when it got to the bottom,
> it made a strange sound - a clicking noise kind of like the clutch sound
> on a cordless drill when you get a screw seated. The glass still goes
> up and down, but the 'clutch' starts clicking when it bottoms out.
>
> Any idea what has failed? A switch of some kind?
#28
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Re: XJ window regulator noise
the regulator is getting ready to fail
the noise is the cable pulling out
Clap Trap wrote:
> '99 XJ with power windows. The regulator on the driver side was
> replaced long ago under warranty. It had the plastic bracket holding
> the glass and was replaced with a metal one. Passenger side also broke
> - but just after warranty.
>
> Anyway, today when I rolled the window down, when it got to the bottom,
> it made a strange sound - a clicking noise kind of like the clutch sound
> on a cordless drill when you get a screw seated. The glass still goes
> up and down, but the 'clutch' starts clicking when it bottoms out.
>
> Any idea what has failed? A switch of some kind?
the noise is the cable pulling out
Clap Trap wrote:
> '99 XJ with power windows. The regulator on the driver side was
> replaced long ago under warranty. It had the plastic bracket holding
> the glass and was replaced with a metal one. Passenger side also broke
> - but just after warranty.
>
> Anyway, today when I rolled the window down, when it got to the bottom,
> it made a strange sound - a clicking noise kind of like the clutch sound
> on a cordless drill when you get a screw seated. The glass still goes
> up and down, but the 'clutch' starts clicking when it bottoms out.
>
> Any idea what has failed? A switch of some kind?
#29
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Re: XJ window regulator noise
the regulator is getting ready to fail
the noise is the cable pulling out
Clap Trap wrote:
> '99 XJ with power windows. The regulator on the driver side was
> replaced long ago under warranty. It had the plastic bracket holding
> the glass and was replaced with a metal one. Passenger side also broke
> - but just after warranty.
>
> Anyway, today when I rolled the window down, when it got to the bottom,
> it made a strange sound - a clicking noise kind of like the clutch sound
> on a cordless drill when you get a screw seated. The glass still goes
> up and down, but the 'clutch' starts clicking when it bottoms out.
>
> Any idea what has failed? A switch of some kind?
the noise is the cable pulling out
Clap Trap wrote:
> '99 XJ with power windows. The regulator on the driver side was
> replaced long ago under warranty. It had the plastic bracket holding
> the glass and was replaced with a metal one. Passenger side also broke
> - but just after warranty.
>
> Anyway, today when I rolled the window down, when it got to the bottom,
> it made a strange sound - a clicking noise kind of like the clutch sound
> on a cordless drill when you get a screw seated. The glass still goes
> up and down, but the 'clutch' starts clicking when it bottoms out.
>
> Any idea what has failed? A switch of some kind?
#30
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Re: XJ window regulator noise and switches
>> '99 XJ with power windows. The regulator on the driver side was
>> replaced long ago under warranty. It had the plastic bracket holding
>> the glass and was replaced with a metal one. Passenger side also broke
>> - but just after warranty.
>>
>> Anyway, today when I rolled the window down, when it got to the bottom,
>> it made a strange sound - a clicking noise kind of like the clutch sound
>> on a cordless drill when you get a screw seated. The glass still goes
>> up and down, but the 'clutch' starts clicking when it bottoms out.
>>
>> Any idea what has failed? A switch of some kind?
>
My 89 XJ had a clunking noise on rollup or down, turned out to be the
plastic pipe
glide tube had come off and the regulator cable was snaking around inside
the door.
Popped it back together, sprayed in some lubriplate and seems fine now.
Also popped open the Eaton (Ford) window regulator toggle switches with a
knife blade,
sprayed them clean with WD40, removed carbon deposits on contact points with
pencil
eraser, reassembled with Vaseline to replace original switchlube----now all
windows work happily.
NB: be sure to re-install switch rocker contacts the way they came out, then
the switch
the right way around or it won't work.
Spud
>> replaced long ago under warranty. It had the plastic bracket holding
>> the glass and was replaced with a metal one. Passenger side also broke
>> - but just after warranty.
>>
>> Anyway, today when I rolled the window down, when it got to the bottom,
>> it made a strange sound - a clicking noise kind of like the clutch sound
>> on a cordless drill when you get a screw seated. The glass still goes
>> up and down, but the 'clutch' starts clicking when it bottoms out.
>>
>> Any idea what has failed? A switch of some kind?
>
My 89 XJ had a clunking noise on rollup or down, turned out to be the
plastic pipe
glide tube had come off and the regulator cable was snaking around inside
the door.
Popped it back together, sprayed in some lubriplate and seems fine now.
Also popped open the Eaton (Ford) window regulator toggle switches with a
knife blade,
sprayed them clean with WD40, removed carbon deposits on contact points with
pencil
eraser, reassembled with Vaseline to replace original switchlube----now all
windows work happily.
NB: be sure to re-install switch rocker contacts the way they came out, then
the switch
the right way around or it won't work.
Spud