Guest Rob307 Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 HELP!!! On my 1985 Buick Riviera Convertible, the left rear power window quit. The motor is fine, but the driven 'nylon slide/track' gear broke. This part has been discontinued. Any ideas?Purchasing the whole rear window assembly would be no problem, but can't locate that either.Thanks,Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ranger Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 The nylon strip has probably turned yellow and became brittle. This happended to me a fewyears ago. I bought a strip for a Chrysler product for under $15 from J.C. Whitney,I don't have a catalog but last time I checked they still had them. As a side note,at the time, I called a large used parts dealer in the PHX area, he said he had agood regulator but that I had to bring a "core" to him. I brought the core with thebroken yellow strip, he went "out back" and returned with a regulator with a new whitestrip in it after about an hour and a half. I brought the regulator back to my tech.who told me that he could tell from the tool marks he'd made on the regulator that itwas the same one he'd pulled from my '85 Riv. Convert, he said the only change was theplastic strip. I was charged over $250 for this by the used parts dealer and stillhave the receipt as a reminder of the greed of some people.Good Luck, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Autozone, Advance, and O'Reilly's have a "Help" section - all the blister packs have HELP written on them - on their floors. The nylon strip to which you're referring can be found in this section;, just make sure you get the one for a Chrysler. NOTE: I had a power window motor go bad in my 84 convertible. I took it to a local automotive electrical shop - the kind that rewires starters and alternators - and they rewound the window motor. Cost me $60.00 and it worked like a charm. You don't need to find a replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob307 Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 To Jim and Ed,Thank you SO MUCH for your fast responses and for the great advice.I found the part at AUTOZONE.I was extatic to say the least.I got the car all back together and everything is fine.Sincerely,RobROA#2060 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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