Problem with electric windows in my 85 GL-10

[Subieguy]

All the electric windows work in my 85 GL-10 sedan but they are all so slow! Is there anything I can do to make them go up and down faster? Lube the tracks, lube the motor? Anything? Thanks.

Richard.

[ScottG]

There are 2 things that will speed up the operation of your windows a bit, but cold weather tends to slow them down.

 

One: remove the inner door panels + the plastic liner. Be careful when you do this - your Subiee's panels are old fiberboard and will easily break. Use an automotive panel removal tool, if you can find one.......looks like a wide 'U' with a handle, and will easily remove the pop-out plastic buttons from the metal part of the door without tearing the fiberboard of the door panel.

 

Spray white grease (the aeresol kind) onto the plastic pieces that run in the tracks at the window's very bottom. Spray the 'X' of the metal scissirs that connect to the plastic pieces. Run the window up & down so that you can see the tracks & 'X'. There are several miniature rollers at the top of the door that hold the glass & keep it from wobbling. I use a pin oiler on those rollers. If you try the spray grease, you're likely to get it all over the glass & that makes a mess to clean up.

 

While you've got the door panels off, this is the perfect time to do some rustproofing of the door bottoms. I've had pretty good luck vacuuming the junk out of the bottom of the door & spraying it with Extend (you can get it at the parts store).

 

Two: And this is the thing that REALLY slows the windows down (especially the driver's window. There is a layer of felt along the inside top edge of the rubber at the top of the door panel. This felt has probably worn away & left a layer of adhesive in its path. The window, instead of sliding on the felt, is now trying to roll the rubber strip under as the window descends, and up as the glass rises...really slows things down. While you have the door panels off, check that felt. If it's worn away, buy new felt, cut it into thin strips, and use trim adhesive (get it at the parts store) to attach it over the worn away stuff.

 

Unless the window motors are worn from exerting great effort over the years, this set of procedures ought to have your windows rising & falling like new

 

Hope this helps .....& good luck

 

ScottG

[Subieguy]

Thanks for the tip. I will give it a shot this weekend.

Richard.

[Cougar]

While you are inside the door I recommend you also check the voltage getting to the motor, while it is running, to make sure proper voltage is getting to it. If the voltage is low it will cause the trouble also.

[Gloyale]

While you are inside the door I recommend you also check the voltage getting to the motor, while it is running, to make sure proper vltage is getting to it. If the voltage is low it will cause the trouble also.

 

+1

 

The main power wire for the power window runs under the carpet. Below the passenger side seat, there is a crimped junction where the 12v for each window splits and goes out. If you're carpet is wet alot, that crimp connection can get very corroded. This causes alot of resitance in the wire, sometimes grounding the wire entirely and blowing the Circuit breaker (also under the seat). Other times the resistance just slows it down.

 

Other times the ground wire for the control unit is corroded. It's a ring connector bolted to the body at the PW control unit.

[somick]

While you took the panels off take the switches apart and clean up the contacts. That realy helps. Especially the master switch.

 

Good luck,

 

Sam