Scott91370

All four of the windows on my XJ are very slow to roll up or down. They go eventually just at their own leisure. I didn't find anything right off that indicated this was common but was hoping someone here has experienced it and had a better fix than new regulators/motors.

Thanks!

downs

Pull your door cards and lubricate your window track, where the bracket that's attached to the window rides and where the cable feeds. It should be a metal tube and the fuzzy cable that runs though the power window motor. It's open on the backside (side facing towards door skin) and you can bend the tube of a WD-40 lithium spray grease aerosol can to get into the back side of the track.

While you in there do all the lock and door latch linkages. You'll be surprised how much this will help everything. Especially the power door locks if you have them.

boxburn

I'd also check that the felt channels look uniform in width all the way down. I'm not certain if the ones used on the XJ have a metal core to them like the ones I work with but if they do, the metal can rust and push out.

Scott91370

The locks are a bear as well.


I'll be pulling them apart this weekend and checking what both you and boxburn mentioned.

Thanks!!

boxburn

Let us know how it goes.

cruiser54

Spray those with silicone spray real well.

Scott91370

Will do and if I stay clean enough I'll take some pictures.



Won't that get all over the windows and make them nasty?

boxburn

Yes and no. Yes when you first spray it, but you just wipe the excess off. You may need to wipe it off a few times but it'll soon stay in the channel and off the glass where not in contact.