i try to clean my driver side window motor ended up messing it up. Because it wouldn't close again. tip for everyone cleaning their window motors take it out slowly lol. anyways drove 2 hours with my window down and got two window motors from an 06 g35 for 70 bucks. the bad part it raining.

 

I did this last weekend and it was perfect! I did have and issue with removing the last 2 bolts that took me about 15-20 minutes to remove but besides that this did the job. Cleaned it out and reinstalled and BAM! Worked like new. Saved myself at least $400 my mechanic quoted me. Took me about 2 hours to do. Thanks to whoever put this together.

 

I cleaned out my motor and also replaced the carbon brushes about 6 months ago and everything worked perfectly until a couple of days ago... Window rolling up and down very slowly, sometimes getting stuck. The only way to get it move when it sticks is by hitting the side of the door while using the switch.

Is it worth it to take apart and try cleaning again, or was that just a temp fix?

 

I have a 05 g35 sedan,
My rear left window motor does not move.
I took it apart and inside it looks fine.
I can hear a little click when pushing button,

So im guessing motor is fine, and power is coming at least to the switch. (guessing thats what clicking)
after inspecting it and testing that the gear rotates , I connected it again, but nothing.
Banging and slamming while pushing button did nothing.

Would you suspect the motor is dead even if all looks good inside.
Other windows work fine, so I'm guessing its not fuse.

It was not working for maybe 2 weeks this summer (stuck full up), but since then it worked fine. Now nothing, stuck all the way down.
And another thing, it stopped working after I came out one morning, and it was fully open, I definatelly did not leave it like that when I got home,
So at some point during the night it opened by itself, and got stuck (???)


ideas welcome

thanks

 

I tried cleaning this today but I am trying to put the metal magnet back but it won't close all the way. I am about 1mm short. Has anyone delt with this problem? Please help!! :/

 

theres a tiny little bead like thing on the bottom of the barrel. if it gets moved u will have the issue ur talking about. flash a light in the housing u should see wat im talking about

 

Thank you for your response. If I locate this bead what would be the next step to adjust it?

 

Does the reset button suppose to look like this? This is whats under the little black nipple that you have showing in your pic.

My window is stuck opened all the way and cant get anything to happen.

 

Used this today. Windows is now back moving again. Thanks OP

 

Threads like this are the reason I am keeping my G35 forever. Thanks so much, was able to fix this under 1hr using a Cardone motor purchased off of Amazon. Driver's side window works perfectly now.

 

Same here. I think I purchased the exact same window motor except for the passenger side. Mine is a little jerky going down but it functions none the less.

 

Thanks to this DIY, I was able to repair my "bad motor", which turned out to be just a stuck brush. Should've looked into it before. Anyway, glad to be a member

 

Hey there. I had a similar problem. My window would roll up, but its was jumpy when rolling down, or it would not roll down at all.
I cleaned up the motor, and put it back together. Seemed to be good, within one day the problem returned.
I took it apart a couple of days later, did another clean on the motor, then noticed the lubricant for the front trackbwas sticky. Used some brake cleaner to clean off the old lube, put some fresh grease and bobs your uncle! Works great going up and down now.
Thought I would share incase someone else can benefit. Also making sure cleaning where the armature seats into is cleaned is key as well. Good luck and thanks for the diy!!!

 

Can someone tell me where i can buy the carbon brush?

 

Update:
So shortly after this attempt it failed again. Took it apart again and the armature was gooped up again and so were the brushes. I decided to break it down further and see what's going on in the gear box.
Turns out there is this black tar type stuff I assume is used as a sealant. When I cleaned off the armature and brushes with some parts cleaner, I guess it leaked down and started to break down the black tar stuff, which in turn got on all the moving parts in the gear box. I cleaned as much of the black gunk off as I could, and swapped the drivers and passenger armatures. Since doing this, no problems with either window. The problem window now opens and closes faster than the one without issue. This fix cost me zero dollars, just a lot of time. If I would have broken it fully down the first time, would have been much quicker fix. Good luck to all, hope this helps!