rstarch345
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Wednesday night, on my way home from the airport traveling down the interstate, I heard a sudden bang and an explosion of air from my drivers window. First thing that came to mind was that my window was struck by something, but after the momentary shock wore off, I realized I didn’t have glass beads all over the place. The temp was in the 40s and the air coming in through the windows traveling at 70MPH most uncomfortable. I quickly worked my way over to the berm where I looked over the situation. I pushed the window button up and heard the whir of the motor, but the window didn’t move. I pushed it down just for the heck of it. The window regulator had broken. Since there wasn’t anything I could do about it, I got back on the highway and turned my heater on max.
Thursday night, I pulled the door trim off and got the regulator pulled out. After checking out the regulator, sure enough, the cable was separated from the window lift section.
I’ve been driving my XJ without an of the driver door trim, which includes the window/door module, and none of the windows work. All power for the windows is controlled from the drivers door.
Well, Thursday night I got on line and was checking prices for ’97 – ’01 window regulators and prices ranged from $180 to $210. That was not acceptable. I shot Davey from Daveys Jeep Parts and email for a price on a used regulator. The price he gave me was $70. Still too much, especially for a used unit that could last a week and give me the same problem. I continued searching and finally found an answer from a little known specialty house, Steiger Performance. He has come up with a repair kit that will last virtually forever and all for $20. Here’s his web site http://www.steigerperformance.com/ . He has an excellent writeup in a PDF format for those wanting to know how to disassemble the door components and another writeup for the modification of the regulator to accept his part.
It took me about ½ hour to do the mods per the instructions then the reassembly of the door parts and trim. I’m quite happy with the results and price and the additional fact that baring a motor problem, my regulator ought to last another 99 years.
Thursday night, I pulled the door trim off and got the regulator pulled out. After checking out the regulator, sure enough, the cable was separated from the window lift section.
I’ve been driving my XJ without an of the driver door trim, which includes the window/door module, and none of the windows work. All power for the windows is controlled from the drivers door.
Well, Thursday night I got on line and was checking prices for ’97 – ’01 window regulators and prices ranged from $180 to $210. That was not acceptable. I shot Davey from Daveys Jeep Parts and email for a price on a used regulator. The price he gave me was $70. Still too much, especially for a used unit that could last a week and give me the same problem. I continued searching and finally found an answer from a little known specialty house, Steiger Performance. He has come up with a repair kit that will last virtually forever and all for $20. Here’s his web site http://www.steigerperformance.com/ . He has an excellent writeup in a PDF format for those wanting to know how to disassemble the door components and another writeup for the modification of the regulator to accept his part.
It took me about ½ hour to do the mods per the instructions then the reassembly of the door parts and trim. I’m quite happy with the results and price and the additional fact that baring a motor problem, my regulator ought to last another 99 years.
