Miata Mailing List: December 1996, Message #179
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Subject: Re: Stuck window.

   Date: (none)





>Also, my drivers side window has been giving me grief.  To roll it

>down requires great strength and it has gotten stuck before in the

>down position.  When I dismantled the door I found the cable inside

>had popped out of it's bracket, so I replaced it and nothing has

>changed.  Rolling it down past halfway is nearly impossible so I just

>drive with the darn window up.  Any suggestions or similar

>experiences?  Thanks

>Jae Brendan Schmidt

>Baltimore, Maryland USA

>'91 Red



Jae,



If you when you start winding the window, it seems normal, and

then it stops and wont move at all, then the problem is as you

already discovered. The cable jumps out of its holder, and catches

on the plastic stop that is attached to the glass.



I placed my cable back in its holder ten months ago, and all is

fine, others have mentioned that theirs jumped back out almost

immediately. If you use a cable tie, and attach the cable to the

door frame, all will be fine. If your window slide hasn't been

lubricated for some time, the force needed to wind the window

increases, and it is this greater force acting on the cable inner

and outer that makes it flex and jump out of the cable holder, but

it is not the sticking that actually stops the window moving, it is the

cable catching the window as it tries to lower...



So, lubricating the sliding parts of the window may stop this

happening in the future...



Good luck,



Fletch.



'90 phRedd