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01-05-2018, 09:39 PM | #1 |
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Anybody restore a window regulator before?
Here's mine after a vinegar dip. I'm not sure what to do for a lasting finish. Even the re pops appear to be just painted. The various contact points will wear quick and begin to rust. Any pointers? Thanks.
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01-06-2018, 02:06 AM | #2 |
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Re: Anybody restore a window regulator before?
I have always just painted regulators and greased the moving parts; probably won't rust much if any again.
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01-06-2018, 02:53 AM | #3 |
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Re: Anybody restore a window regulator before?
Yep, just clean it well and paint it. The grease will keep the rust off it.
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Did you take them apart any further or just spray what you can see? Rivets would have to be ground to separate the gears from the plate. |
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01-06-2018, 01:19 PM | #5 |
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Re: Anybody restore a window regulator before?
If it works don't ruin it! They most likely dipped painted them if they even put any paint on them.
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01-06-2018, 01:30 PM | #6 |
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01-06-2018, 02:41 PM | #7 |
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Re: Anybody restore a window regulator before?
They don't paint regulators in today's cars just bare metal
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01-06-2018, 05:28 PM | #8 |
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Re: Anybody restore a window regulator before?
If any of the teeth are missing or damaged, we remove the rivets and disassemble the regulator. Then we weld the teeth and reshape them with a diegrinder,and bolt the assembly back together with white grease on the moving parts. Finding replacement units has become a fruitless search, particularly for low production cars such as convertibles.
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01-06-2018, 06:20 PM | #9 |
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03-04-2018, 06:31 PM | #10 |
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Re: Anybody restore a window regulator before?
So im soaking my regulator back and forth between acetone and purple grease eater stuff. Mine had very little paint, most of which didn't come off. I may not bother to paint it since it seems fine, but since several ppl mentioned it, what sort of paint did you use? I was going to use white lithium grease per earlier posts (?).
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03-04-2018, 08:59 PM | #11 |
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Any paint if you want it painted.
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03-04-2018, 09:53 PM | #12 |
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Re: Anybody restore a window regulator before?
I sprayed rattle can black epoxy paint in a few lite coats till it was all covered. Then used white lithium grease.
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03-04-2018, 10:07 PM | #13 |
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A friend of mine just had his nickel plated.
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03-04-2018, 10:49 PM | #14 |
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03-04-2018, 11:32 PM | #15 |
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Re: Anybody restore a window regulator before?
As i continue to clean my regulator, it looks like it may even be aluminum and thus doesn't even need to be painted (?). There is basically no rust except for where a bolt or rivet connects pieces and the spring. Any chance a 55 crown vic used aluminum regulators?
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03-05-2018, 12:18 AM | #16 |
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Doubtful.
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03-05-2018, 08:58 AM | #17 |
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Re: Anybody restore a window regulator before?
I only worked on one 55 Crown. The regulator were steel for sure.
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03-05-2018, 09:00 AM | #18 |
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Not likely it's aluminum.
Check it with a magnet. Might be lightly galvanized. |
03-05-2018, 09:47 AM | #19 |
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Re: Anybody restore a window regulator before?
I've had many NOS and most of them were bare metal. I work on Model A slants a lot and they were originally bare also. One thing I've found is don't heavily grease them up....it attracts dirt and other to the unit. The lithium is what I use as it sort of flashes over a bit and not as attractive to catching the dirt, etc.
I good coat of some sort of primer could be in order but heavy paint would/could cob up the working parts. Another tip when they are cruddy and dirty is to take them out in the sun and use oven cleaner on them as a first process, Just my HO |
03-06-2018, 10:21 PM | #20 |
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You can parkerize or Blacken them. It reminds me of blueing a gun. Got to have heat,solution to heat and a stainless container to place the regulator in.google the process and it should bring it up with instructions. Amazon has solution.
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