Wishmeluck
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84 Bronco....Rear window goes up and down painfully slow and stops partway in both directions. I can always pull/push it up/down the rest of they way by turning the t/g key.
It has a new motor, gears/tracks have been cleaned, lubed and it has new little glide thingys in the tracks too. The dash switch has been cleaned and the grounds behind the dash were all cleaned and renewed too.
Heres my conundrum:
- If I give it juice straight from a battery to the window motor on the window side of everything it shoots up and down great.
- If I hook wires up and give it juice so it works through t/g key ONLY the window will go up pretty well, but down is super slow and gets stuck about halfway.
- If I hook wires up and give it juice so it works the the dash switch ONLY the window goes up halfway and gets stuck, and goes down painfully slow.
I tested each scenario and get a full 12v when the switches are flipped to wherever power needs to go, and just to make double sure I even ran a dedicated 12v wire to the connectors and tried that too.
Since I was getting 12v everywhere, I thought maybe it was poor grounds. So, I also threaded the ground ***** hole in the drivers tail light area for a dedicated ground close by. One switch at a time nothing changed no matter the power/ground source combination.
Im trying to keep it as stock as possible and really dont want to admit that maybe after 40 years maybe the switches are just getting worn. Anyone have any suggestions I may have missed or overlooked aside from the switches themselves?
It has a new motor, gears/tracks have been cleaned, lubed and it has new little glide thingys in the tracks too. The dash switch has been cleaned and the grounds behind the dash were all cleaned and renewed too.
Heres my conundrum:
- If I give it juice straight from a battery to the window motor on the window side of everything it shoots up and down great.
- If I hook wires up and give it juice so it works through t/g key ONLY the window will go up pretty well, but down is super slow and gets stuck about halfway.
- If I hook wires up and give it juice so it works the the dash switch ONLY the window goes up halfway and gets stuck, and goes down painfully slow.
I tested each scenario and get a full 12v when the switches are flipped to wherever power needs to go, and just to make double sure I even ran a dedicated 12v wire to the connectors and tried that too.
Since I was getting 12v everywhere, I thought maybe it was poor grounds. So, I also threaded the ground ***** hole in the drivers tail light area for a dedicated ground close by. One switch at a time nothing changed no matter the power/ground source combination.
Im trying to keep it as stock as possible and really dont want to admit that maybe after 40 years maybe the switches are just getting worn. Anyone have any suggestions I may have missed or overlooked aside from the switches themselves?