You won't believe what I found in my back doors!!! 🤯
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- In todays video we attempt to fix my rear window issues on my Sierra. Well it didn't go as planned to say the least.....
Video replacing window regulators - • WINDOW REGULATOR REPLA...
Replacing the window regulators here - th-cam.com/video/EeXwAWtvzF4/w-d-xo.html
That’s probably their version of child window safety locks 😂
Came here for this 😄
amen
Child trafficking
Rear windows don’t wear out because they don’t get to use as much
If you have kids in the back seat that play with the windows. It might be safer if they couldn't open the windows.
Maybe there was no way to just keep the back windows from being able to roll down. Who knows?
This is the way I repaired my rear window on the old Ssangyong, except I used a piece of firewood. I am also a qualified automotive engineer, so this an example of the cobbler children's shoes.
All you need is a broom delete kit
That was some funny shit
Ha!! Nice🤣
Those broom delete kits are illegal in 42 states, be sure to check your local laws!
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@@beakerunrefined4230You can use bubble gum in those states where the broom delete kit is illegal.
We used to find all kinds of fun things like that years ago. Now it seems if they can't afford to have someone fix it they trade it or scrap it. We might start seeing more fun things like this as prices keep soaring.
And with backordered parts
Man… that’s the old school way of fixing things. Old timer didn’t want to put window actuators in the truck because he obviously didn’t use the back windows. Easy fix, buy rear window actuators and be done. It’s not clapped out, pops just fixed it on a budget.
agreed
Lmfaooooo facts!! Grandpa saved a couple bucks there!! 🫡
LOL. Done the same thing to mine, back driver side. My truck, no kids, probably never sell, 66 yo and on SS. Will fix it when I feel like it
Senior citizen budget repairs can be fun to look at.
@@stevengoodwin4237 ahahahahahahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm willing to bet that when the home gamer window tintor pulled the windows out to tint them something went wrong and he couldn't reassemble it properly.
Or to hold the windows up, during the tinting process... And just neglected to remove the supports. 🤔
Since when do you have to pull the windows out to tint them?
@@nathandodge665 it's the difference between a good tint job and a shady one. You want the tint to drop below the seal so it doesn't catch and potentially rip. I've installed more tint than I ever wanted to but I did it right. I replaced more tint than I wanted to after ppl thought "I'll just tint to the line here". It's possible to squeegee the tint below the line but that's setting you up for disaster and only if the seal is flexible enough.
@@jvon3885 I've had numerous cars tinted the easy way and never had a problem ever
@@nathandodge665 it doesn't matter. If you are a professional and your job comes back messed up, you pay for it. So they don't do it the "easy" way so there is no way of the customer claiming a free service.
Makes me wonder what else may be jerry-rigged in your truck? 😬
From personal experience and just like most people have said, get the window motor and regulator. It’s all one assembly and fairly easy to replace
Yes, very easy. I have had to replace my driver front window regulator 3 times (2 of which required new motors). It's all easy and fairly cheap if you do it yourself.
New window regulators. Plastic components on the regulators can become brittle over time and fall apart. Hence the cables not being secured. Last owner probably didn't know how or couldn't afford to fix them, so they put wood blocks in them. I've done them on 02 chevy's, pretty simple job. Sucks that they didn't tell you though.
It looks like my wife's car! We live in the Phoenix area and because of the heat the plastic on the rear window regulators kept breaking so basically it was costing about 25.00 each time they were used. Needless to say after replacing them 4 or 5 times I unplugged them and blocked them 🥴
I did that with a Toyota Camry radio power antennae, unplugged it till time to sell it.
My guess is they tried to roll the window down when it was frozen and bust the clips that hold the window on the track.....lol.
Lubricate your window tracks. May help speed up operation and help window motors last.
Makes me wonder who they didn’t want getting out the back windows.
Yeah I had the weird scene creepy thought maybe once he got people in his truck they couldn't get out
Haha
I just made comment then saw yours
I agree. I think I’d look into this further especially when he had tinted windows too. You said it doesn’t make sense knowing who the previous owner was. Those least expected are usually the predators.
Spray tracks with silicone, world of difference!
For potential idiots: Not silicone adhesive or silicone sealant in a tube..... dry silicone lubricant in a spray can
Silicone was an easy fix but a DUMBASS "fixed" it! LOL
@@scarce911 LoL seriously and advise not to use WD 40 in anything you want to lubricate because first hand experience has taught me the very hard way that wd 40 will remove the grease
All you needs do is just replace the window tracks it’s legit 4 bolts on both doors and the new Track will come with a motor too
Exactly. And he calls himself a truck guy lmao
You need to replace window regulators the cables brake common problem you don't need window tracks I'm an autobody tech see it all the time
I put a 2x4 to hold mine up just cause I never used them😂😂
@@davidrossman5548 Hehe, I too was shaking my head at his flusternation 🤪. I ran a glass shop for 25 years, this was routine episode. Cable regulators are notorious for this.
Just a tip for ppl viewing, if you have no current at a motor on any door other than the master control, with the switch working ok, (i.e. power out) do not rule out broken wires at the door hinge harnesses where they break from constant open/close flexing.
But this guy's intermittent up/down is an interesting issue..🤔?
@@sovrgnman ford f150. Yep 2x4. Window motor went out. Order newone comes with track ect.
I did that once, worked great till I could get the parts to fix it. Window regulator broke at work and that kept it up and secure. That's when auto salvage yards are very handy. You can get parts AND see how it should be, if it hasn't been molested.
Super simple job, not worth swapping motors it all comes as one, a few bolts in and out! 👍
The window regulator cables broke, probably because the window was stuck up with ice in the winter. When the cables break the window slides freely up and down. Someone didn't want to spend the $75 a side to fix it right, so instead the propped the window closed.
Wow that's reasonable my Kia dealership charged $350.00 for that repair.
@@bigtom1948 that price is the reason why I don't go to the dealer
My gmc has the exact same problem 😂 I don’t have the broom mod so my window falls down 😂
I would check all of the other connections to see if by chance that vehicle has been underwater and if it has had enough water in it to get into the doors in the floor pan that's probably where most of your problems will start
Way back on the 90s, when I was in lack of $$, I had a nice Infiniti that my dad sold me. AS I was putting my self through college with little income, I had issues with the passenger window dropping all by it self, so my friend and I shoved a piece of wood to hold it up.When you don't have $ to fix things@, you Jerry rig them.
Wishing you all the best! That's some real hillbilly child lock assurance!
The components that make up door parts are very often plastic, which is brittle and of cheap manufacture. Thus, while an expensive car, pickup...SUV, vibration , heat cold cycles, simple operation will cause such plastic as brittle, crack failure. And, dealer supply can be spotty, difficult cost. And, not every owner can afford the labor cost to replace and renew such mechanical +electrical function.
So, while all the exterior and interior components were in place, some prior owner disabled the movement to simply...closed.
Your finding, will be repeated more often as this type of manufacture continues. And be sure to stock up on the plastic push tabs that hold the lower quadrant. They break or simply fail to fully engage.
Thanks for the post. An interesting repair problem to work thru.
From personal experience... I had replaced the regulators three times before I put wood in the doors to hold up the windows. I did however replace them before I sold my car.
A neighbor bought a van at an auction a few years ago. Windows didnt work, opened up the panels and they were stuffed full of packaged pot. :)
The black gooey sealant on the plastic moisture/dust barrier is from the factory and if pulled off metal door carefully can be reused/reapplied. There are many extended cab pickups or quad cabs that have back windows that are inoperable for various reasons. Because they are seldom used or mostly operated by children in rear seat they are not a priority. So...if the rear door window actuators or cables do break and the windows cannot stay up on their own, this is a cheap and effective way to keep windows from dropping down or water leaking in from rain. But if you are selling a vehicle and you know this is how your windows are supported you should inform the buyer of the problem.
Get two new rear window regulators with the motors. The Cable you saw hanging on the drivers rear door was the door handle cable
Nothing to be confused 🤔 about . The window regulator broke on both sides . They new they were selling the truck so they just wanted to get the windows up to sell the truck ... .. just get a new window regulator and motor for both doors. .. you can get some spray silicone in a can and spray your driver's window tracks where the window glides up and down . This will allow the window NOT to get stuck or go slow in some spots . Spray all the window track and run the windows up and down a few times .. . Works perfect 💯💥
On my 04 Trailblazer, the drivers side controls became corroded over time and developed window issues. I replaced the master switch and it worked great after that.
A couple of window kits and you're back in business. Really easy to do.
You need window regulators and motors for both sides. Also clean the connection on pass rear switch.
The back window Regulators on these year serria and silverados I'd say from 2000- 2006 are Notorious for breaking.I have fixed tons of them at a shop I use to work for but once they are fixed they seem to hold up for a long time.
I would highly recommend you buy the Regulator with the motor together
Don't use the old motor.
You can find step by step videos on TH-cam how to remove and install a whole new set
It's alot easier then it looks once you complete the first one you will see.
Now for the front driver window it sounds like the motor is going bad or being over loaded from not being grease.
I would buy some dry lube and spray the tracks down first normally that frees them. up
Oh and those cables are part of the window Regulators it comes all in one giant assembly
FYI- the bead of black adhesive holding the plastic sheet on is done at the factory and the idea is that you can ‘delicately’ peel of the plastic for repairs and then reseal it. That is as long as the adhesive stays pliable.
This is done when someone can't afford to replace the regulator & motor assembly
The plastic is factory and known as a moisture barrier and uses butyl glue to secure to the door skin.
Buy 2 new regulators and maybe a door harness.
Call the previous owner put it on speaker make a video of it 😂😂
it's the window tints that are the cause of all the problems. I had the same thing happen with my Landcruiser. The rear glass gets stuck and pops out of the rail that holds it to the opening mechanism. I even used timber to stop me accidentally opening them.
I find it hilarious that by chance it seems your videos are always perfect timing my window quit a day before seeing this video on my 01 silverado. The timing of your videos are always perfectly timed 😂😂
I would have at least spray painted the broomstick too, so it looks like it belong there 🤣
Possible someone's. Way of making the back windows child safe so the child eat her can't throw things out the window or keep the child from getting or falling out. Or keeping there dog from getting out.
Well if your in a pinch can't afford the parts to fix it right that's a good way to make sure that window stays up i've seen worse just fix it right an move on you'll be glad you did.
I had the same issue with my 2001 Tahoe. The back windows didn’t roll down and the person. I brought the truck from did kinda the same thing to the passenger back window. They took the Cable to the window regulator and wrapped it around one of the regulator bolts to keep the window up.
I have a 2001 Pontiac Grand am. One of the previous owners put sticks in the back windows to prevent them from being rolled down for some reason. I have no idea why. They work just fine without the wood in there.
They replaces old school sizor lifts with a cable wraping system - happens a lot with Jeep come out and windows Are open as they just let loose -Cables become tangled on spool so instead of replacing them the proped up windows up with wood.
Since you have a stock mirrors. Put your switch in the middle. Hold the button to the right you might have power folding mirrors.
The wood works and they made the sale..
How much you paid for it??
Window regulators are your parts…
Window regulators, They’re easy to replace.
Reminds me of a road trip we took about 20 years ago in my Grandmother's 1980 Oldsmobile Delta 88. About a 2.5 hour trip to visit my Uncle. Driver's front window dropped down when the plastic actuator cord snapped. When we got there he took the door apart and stacked some wood so the window would stay up. And it spent many years like that until she had it fixed. I'm going to say it was 5-7 more years until it was correctly repaired!
Lol I had an 88 delta same then same repair till we could get back home.
@@elainephleps4705 If I recall the "belt" for the window regulator was plastic.
WHOA THAT'S CRAZY! I've had to change a few window motors in my '01 Chevy Suburban and for them to put wood in there like that is WAY more work than just replace it!
Its not crazy if the person can't afford the part🤦♂️mechanic do what the customers asks
At some point it becomes more of a pain to replace the regulator than inconvenient to have non functioning windows (to be fair, they are functioning as windows, they just dont open). As has been seen in the comments, these fail pretty regularly and eventually you get tired of fixing it.
You should plasti-dip the front and back GMC emblems black
That was either Macgyvers or my cousins truck. Fer sure
This made me laugh so much. My buddy has a old suburban, and one of the regulators went. Well his older brother ordered a new one, installed it and it didn't work. So he takes the regulator out and takes two 2x4s and jams it up under the window. He never told anyone in the family and they never questioned that the window didn't work for some reason 😂😂😂. I had a great laugh when I discovered that when my buddy took it to my shop to get fixed.
I had a window cable snap in the back seat passenger side and it fell into the door. I did open the door up and held the window up with a pair of vice grips until I could get the window cable fixed
Hey windows are up. Driver doesn't sit in back. Job well done.
Are you sure that ain’t stock? Definitely gm build quality!
New title. Young kid sees a common fix for broken regulators. Welcome to the real world.
Caution on buying cheap Ebay parts: My 2010 Silverado needed the drivers door switches replaced. $80 for OEM $12 for China knockoff. Went with the China because I was trading the truck in within a year. When the part was installed sometimes when I started the truck the drivers window went down. When I put it up it would automatically come down. I would have to restart the truck to stop it. Sometimes it wouldn't go down. sometimes the rear windows wouldn't work. It got so bad I ordered the OEM part and it was fine.
I would resolder the circut board ! Its most likely the shitty lead free bs causing the problem and pb blaster makes a. dry window sill lube that works miracles
😂🤯 they probably had kids that would hold the button down long time which burns out the motor every time. So the owner probably said screw it, I'm not replacing them any more. And just Jerry rigged them to stay shut.
Definitely replace all 4 motors and regulators. You can do itttttttt!
If the regulator fails the glass likely didn’t stay up so it makes sense to do this if you can’t fix it right away but they should’ve told you they did that lol.
Okay, so without watching the whole entire video stopping when you found the wood on the passenger side also. This is my scenario. maybe they did that so the victims couldn't escape. I don't know just saying.
You wouldn't believe the list of project cars i have rigged like this right now i'm driving a 96 Lincoln town car that i changed plugs and wires on but my #4 wouldn't get a good seal and kept popping up I didn't have the time or the energy to pull that plug out and see what the problem was so I wedged a chunk of rubber in between the metal plate and the number 4 wire so it pushed it down to keep a connection....i'm still driving it like that it's probably going to stay that way lol
Thought it would be an extra hamster for when the one in the engine gives out.
Beavers must of owned this truck at one point.. always “fixing” things with wood. i swear beavers are the biggest hack mechanics out there
Buy new regulators
You exposed ur wood lol now show fix
Everybody outside! Let's check the maserati 😂
A broom stick 💀Bro you got a Harry Potter door lmfao 🤣 i love this channel
Can’t trust old people lol, when I bought my truck the guy took apart the whole dash and took out the cluster to cover the engine light up with duct tape then put it all back together. Over a freaking eve app leak lol
Replace window tracks they come with new motors. 4 bolts super easy to do
Its actually like 9 bolts if you count the three that hold the motor in place and the two that attach the window to it.
They didn't want to spend the money to fix the problem so the disconnected the motors and scotched the windows up. Just get yourself 2 new window regulators on ebay and install them and your good. Could have been a whole lot worse I guess. Yes it a hack job but you have the skills to fix it cheap enough and be thankful they didn't cut all of the wiring. LOL!!!!
Temporary fix until you can get the part, but to put wood shims, then button it all back up is ridiculous! I hillbilly rigged the windows in my Tahoe with tape so they wouldn't keep falling down until I got around to fixing it. Fortunately those motors aren't too expensive and pretty easy to install.
Why do you buy so many trucks
I have a friend who likes making kludge repairs. He will rig stuff he has to try to make things work. It doesn't matter the parts are cheap and easily available.. He gets pleasure out of being "inventive"
It’s raining and your windows stuck down.. here comes grandpa with a broom he brakes over his knee.. “I got this” he says, as he brazenly saves the day.
My father bought a brand new 1973 SS El Camino. Had a rattle in the door and took it back to the dealership and they found a wrench from the factory laying in the bottom of the door
I would try lubricating the window tracks before buying new ones we do it all the time in the shop
Well at least for the front ones
If it has lots of corosion around electrical, maybe it's been submerged, ( like launching a boat), toasted both window motors??
You ought to be able to sue somebody in small claims court over that. If not you have a couple of handy new wooden clubs to beat the piss out of them with. Previous owner knew about this bs. Had to!
It's common to do I've seen this done on Tesla's too (Tesla Technician)
Planned obsolescence. Window regulators are a joke on most newer vehicles. So are the switches! Newer GM and Chrysler ones are VERY bad. Most parts store replacements are worse than factory original. I'd be tempted to wedge a good working one shut if I never used it... just so I don't have to worry about it failing in the down position. One's I've personally seen fail too early: '95 Camaro, '00 Camaro, '98 Grand Prix, '05 Impala (same as Grand Prix,) '13 Ram, '16 Ram... I could go on. By contrast, I've had an '88 RX-7 with 220k miles. Original window regulators. Gear stripped at 165k miles in '06, replaced with a gear from the JY from an '86 626 sedan. They knew how to build them a bit more robust back then; glass fiber reinforced plastic instead of nyloil. It wore out but at least it still worked till I could find a replacement gear.
Why you want windows up???? Because when it rains, water comes in your truck🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️ I GUESS YOU DONT WORK ON CARS VERY OFTEN! The guy could’ve being in a bind and didn’t have time or money. He open the doors to check like you did because his windows were stuck open. Realized the window regulators were trashed, parts store close, raining, etc. You have to do what you to do. Make it work and move on…! Get to it when you can. Sometimes life gets in the way, you know!!!
Cable window regulators.. yup. Junk. Remove replace.
Amazing the drama effort put into this video. How do I say I don't know jack about vehicles without actually saying it.
I had a piece of crap 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix and I got tired of paying for window repair plus I tried myself. It was junk GM window actuators. On all the windows. It was a nightmare car. Everything kept going out and it had just over 100K. Worst lemon ever. Even tried an exorcist. Then I did the stick-in-the-door trick...sold it cheap and told the happy buyer all that was wrong with the car. He was still happy to get a cheap car, I was happy to get rid of the piece of crap, and I slept well that night 🌃 So now you know why you don't see crappy Grand Prixs' on the road. They died and went to hell. The End...
This may look weird from a NON technician standpoint, but this is a completely acceptable, (and temporary) “ repair”.
I was a general line technician for Ford dealerships for 16 years, and saw this kind of stuff ALL the time.
If a guy owns a 4 door truck, and doesn’t care about the rear windows, why blow $500+ on parts and labor?
Believe it or not, most folks have neither the tools and/or the technical ability to do a job like this, (and some may not have the money either), so why blow $500 (both sides) on this repair when a temporary repair will work just fine.
All the guys who do glass for a living looking through these comments like 🤣🤣🤣😳😳😳😳🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Wow all this over a peice of wood? Can you not think of annnnny reason for wood to be there? Millenials? ---If they took out the windows to tint them and could not reinstall correctly. Don't you think the front would not work? XXXXX OK I guess you have not been poor enough not to have $100 to spend on a regulator/ motor combo. Often the failure causes the window to drop. You can't secure a vehicle with an open window. So you prop it.To sell it that way without disclosure, BAD. To have not gotten one asap, new or used is BAD. OK so now we know the probable why. Was that so hard to at least understand? Would definitely be upset about it though. No disclosure. If mechanic had to fix it possible $500 repair, MAD.
Like around here texarkana tx.dallas area watching vans padlocks back door used for human trafficking a thought got someone in back don't want them rolling window down hollering for help
Imagination....
Previously used for kidnapping...
Dad got tired of kids fighting about windows up / down
Lol like I said Imagination 🤣 😂 😅
😂😂😂😂😂💥🤦♀️ Well, this is one of the best/worst videos I've seen and yes, I've know of people doing this when the mechanism breaks. Good luck mate.
Custom job. You should be happy. Lots of cheap @ss customers ask me to "just hold the window(s) up". I use self taping screws and zip ties. Broken window regulators are VERY expensive. LoL... 😵
They didn’t “take the time to adhesive this”. That is stock gorilla stock (mastic). That’s the way all car door insulation comes from the factory.
Regulator/motor assembly.
Either purchase new, Rock Auto is a good inking parts store. Or you to Pick n Pull. The good thing about this option is that you can practice taking them out. You can test if they go up down by taking an 12 or 24v battery with you and some leads.
Guy probably used the truck by himself. Only needed his window to work. I have the opposite problem. Driver window no go. Other 3 are working. Springtime repair job. Always something.
This pop's rube goldberg, hanky,back yard mechanic,dohinky repair on a SSI,Disability income not a severe case of truthful omission but not very community friendly.
Does the broom work?
Will test
😂
I have found bunji cords, vice grips, and yes sticks, bailing wire, 2x4s, zip ties, self tapping screws all kinds of 💩 in electrical and mechanical windows before. 😂😂😂
you asked why would someone do this ? $$$$$$ money. time. work. the country isnt as well off as you. i just sent you a bill for $1000.00 no big deal.
🤦🏽♂️ not that hard to figure out lol....haaa I'm SOO SUPPRISED,YOUR lost for words haaaaaaaa 👍🏽 good luck dude
Typical gm issue regulators break!!! U buy a new 1 or prop the window up!!! Or drive around with it down!! Put all new regulators in it next time buy a new truck an you won't have these issues ..... or learn how to buy a vehicle!!!