I am trying out a few ideas with window regulator wire repairs and I am in need of your old or faulty regulators, can you help me help you.
OK you win, why should I bother !!! just because you find it simple to fit JUST A PIECE OF WIRE, therefore every one must find it simple to fit.
Wind your neck in TD4.
I did the repair several years back without any giudance from Haynes.
I didnt have a digital camera so couldnt take pics.
There is nothing crude about the brake cable fix, why replace the whole regulator when it is just a cable. Then the very same fitting breaks in the same way and you payed £90 for the part, more fool you.
Here are some cables below, the top one is the original window cable, note the terminal ends. I replaced the smaller hex lug, this is the detached lug in the pic. Next two attachments show the size of the small hex lug, the new lug needs to be the same and clips into the spindle, which is driven by the regulator.
The lower two cables are a gear a brake cable from a bike, note the difference in the sizes of lugs. The brake cable is the same thickness as the window cable.
The cable slides through a sleeve so you have to assemble then crimp a lug on to the cable after assembly.
If you can change a brake cable on a bike then you can repair the window
Wind your neck in TD4.
I did the repair several years back without any giudance from Haynes.
I didnt have a digital camera so couldnt take pics.
There is nothing crude about the brake cable fix, why replace the whole regulator when it is just a cable. Then the very same fitting breaks in the same way and you payed £90 for the part, more fool you.
Here are some cables below, the top one is the original window cable, note the terminal ends. I replaced the smaller hex lug, this is the detached lug in the pic. Next two attachments show the size of the small hex lug, the new lug needs to be the same and clips into the spindle, which is driven by the regulator.
The lower two cables are a gear a brake cable from a bike, note the difference in the sizes of lugs. The brake cable is the same thickness as the window cable.
The cable slides through a sleeve so you have to assemble then crimp a lug on to the cable after assembly.
If you can change a brake cable on a bike then you can repair the window
I made a new lug from lead, thats what the brake cable comes with, any gas flame will melt down the lead, you only need 1g and an old tablespoon. No druggies please
the original lug on the dor window is 4.3 x 5.5mm, you will see where it locks into the plastic spindle. I drilled a 5mm hole in some hard wood, inserted the cable with a swan neck on the end (folded back on itself) poured in the molten lead, allow it to set for 30 secs. Then filed it down a bit, its not rocket science.
Or as others have done, You could solder the lug along with some sort of crimp around the terminal end. So long as you key the cable into the lug, it should never slip or come undone.
