Window Motor repair, they can be fixed!
07-13-2010, 08:29 AM
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Had a couple messages asking some questions.
I had a local hobby place that had the brushes, but unfortunately they weren't $0.79 each, i paid $10.97 for a pair.
As for the desoldering part, luckily the soldering iron i got also came with desoldering thread, so as you melted the old solder stick the thread in there and it absorbed the solder. (this really helped me as to i have 0 experience in soldering)
Hey Binder, the hobby shop had some 540 motor, uncut, LAYDOWN brushes - would these work too? i only ask cuz they had those for $4.00 a pair...thanks
I had a local hobby place that had the brushes, but unfortunately they weren't $0.79 each, i paid $10.97 for a pair.
As for the desoldering part, luckily the soldering iron i got also came with desoldering thread, so as you melted the old solder stick the thread in there and it absorbed the solder. (this really helped me as to i have 0 experience in soldering)
Hey Binder, the hobby shop had some 540 motor, uncut, LAYDOWN brushes - would these work too? i only ask cuz they had those for $4.00 a pair...thanks
07-13-2010, 05:43 PM
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any hobby site that does race cars. I stopped racing them about 15 years ago so i don't remember any of that. actually, most places didn't even have websites then.
07-13-2010, 08:43 PM
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Here's what i did tonight.
After sanding the 2 brushes so they fit in the housing
I placed the magnetic piece in, then put both of them back in the motor. it was easier for me to spread the brushes apart to fit the magnet back in.
my sucky soldering skills, and sucky photo skills
Clear silicone over the 2 soldered wires
Sucky silicone placing skills too
Let me tell you guys this part......the fawking thing WORKS!!! got my window gonig up and down again! cost me a total of $31.89 (brushes, soldering gun, solder, cleaner).
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH BINDER for posting this bro....i never would have taken on something like this with out your thread. Escpecially since i have no soldering skills what so ever! dam man im so happy right now...hahaha
07-14-2010, 07:05 AM
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No prob bud, like i said i couldn't have done something like this without seeing Binder's thread and info.
Difficulty level of this out of 10 (10 being the most difficult) i'd say 3-4 (and im definitely a noob at soldering hehe), gave myself 2 days for this, but now i'd say it can be done in 2-3 hrs.
After seeing how the motor works, its inevitable that the brushes of the window motors for the 350z will eventually wear and the motor will stop working
(i noticed this when i was sanding the brushes to make them fit in the housing, the brushes wore down easily with the sanding)
I definitely recommend doing this to your window motor when it wears out, save some money
Difficulty level of this out of 10 (10 being the most difficult) i'd say 3-4 (and im definitely a noob at soldering hehe), gave myself 2 days for this, but now i'd say it can be done in 2-3 hrs.
After seeing how the motor works, its inevitable that the brushes of the window motors for the 350z will eventually wear and the motor will stop working
(i noticed this when i was sanding the brushes to make them fit in the housing, the brushes wore down easily with the sanding)I definitely recommend doing this to your window motor when it wears out, save some money
07-14-2010, 08:50 AM
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you're welcome
i'm glad people are benefitting from it.
thanks for your extra pictures to help support the thread.
now your next brush change will be just the cost of the brushes since you have the tools!
i'm glad people are benefitting from it.
thanks for your extra pictures to help support the thread.
now your next brush change will be just the cost of the brushes since you have the tools!
07-14-2010, 10:18 PM
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07-15-2010, 06:18 PM
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I'm not sure, the motor crapped out on me a few days ago while in the down position. I took it apart and cleaned it as usual but no luck this time. So I broke the motor down as said in this thread, bought everything and followed the steps and still nothing... but at least I got my window up! I guess ill end up buying one from advanced auto.
But for anyone who is looking to do this, it is a great write up.
And to my power window motor.... you have won this round.
Me: 2
Power window: 1
But for anyone who is looking to do this, it is a great write up.
And to my power window motor.... you have won this round.
Me: 2
Power window: 1
09-13-2010, 02:04 PM
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Dig this back up... So has anyone tried the "cut" brushes (the one's that increase the timing for R/C motor). I know they would wear quicker, just wondering if the window was fast enough to justify....
09-13-2010, 05:14 PM
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The windows are lifted by a regulator and it's all done by gears. You would have to increase the speed of the motor quite a bit to make a difference you could notice and then why risk tearing up the regulator.