Power Window '99 Sierra

External Since: Apr 25, 2005 Posts: 9

My drivers side power window is "off the track", I can hear the power motor
operate but it doesn't move the window. I manually pushed the window up
into the closed position.

How hard is it to get the inside door panel off, and what type of repair am
I looking at?

Thanks in Advance,
-a12vman

External Since: Jan 12, 2005 Posts: 87

It is probably not off track, it is more likely that the gear inside the
motor housing is bad.
they are usually made of a plastic and are mounted just inside the motor
cover. there is a 3 point assembly inside the gear which dampens the motor
stop and this goes bad. it is part of the gear you buy and the whole thing
is replaced as one assembly.
It is not hard to do, but requires the door motor be removed.
i just did it in my truck and instead of drilling out the motor rivits, i
just took a cut off wheel on my grinder and ground the metal door panel with
a circle over the motor /gear housing and removed it easily.
as he said, watch the door panel clips and retainers. otherwise it was a 45
minute job for me.
old john
"a12vman" <a12vman.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> My drivers side power window is "off the track", I can hear the power
> motor operate but it doesn't move the window. I manually pushed the
> window up into the closed position.
>
> How hard is it to get the inside door panel off, and what type of repair
> am I looking at?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
> -a12vman
>