The other important thing to check is your window seals. If they are bad rain water can drip down into the door cavity and messup power window and lock components.
--- On Mon, 7/14/08, Todd P Last <Rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > From: Todd P Last <Rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET> > Subject: Trouble with power window motors rusting? > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Monday, July 14, 2008, 5:53 AM > I recently troubleshot my driver's power window problem > which turned out > to be that the motor was bad. > Well, the motor shaft was rusted as it comes out of the > body of the motor. > > Has anyone experienced this? Can you take the motor apart > to fix it? > I'm guessing that it is important to have the shaft > lubricated with > grease so that the shaft does not pick up moisture and > rust. > > Todd > '88 Vanagon |
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