Date:         Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:16:44 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Forhan <fourwdvw@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Forhan <fourwdvw@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Trouble with power window motors rusting?
Comments: To: Todd P Last <Rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <487B2226.8030401@comcast.net>
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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