window help!!!

[ScottyBoy]

I need to replace out my rear driver side window regulator on my 2001 Yukon XL Denali. It got stuck leaving about a 6 inch opening. Have any of you seen a DIY write up on how to do this exactly? Luckily I found a place near my house in socal that has em for $112. Ive seen them any where from $250-300 everywhere else. Thanks in advance

I actually had to replace the rear drivers side on my 01 Suburban. They are quite expensive compared to the front doors. Cheapest new one I found online was from Rockauto.com. I ended up getting a used from from a local junkyard for 45 bucks. Its quite easy to replace. Remove the door panel and the plastic weather shield. Use some duct tape to hold the glass up, tape over the top of the door. Then undo all the bolts holding the regulator in and two bolts that clamp the glass to the regulator. Then you can pop the regulator assembly loose from the door and manipulate it to get it thru the hole on the bottom of the door. Then put your new on into the door and bolt in place of the old one. My first time ever changing one and knowing nothing about it, it took me about 30 mins. If you are mechanically inclined, it shouldnt be hard at all to figure out.

 

[ghost]

spray brake cleaner in the window motor.. i know it sounds crazy but my driver side went out and some dude at work told me they get dirty and stop workin.. it worked for me!

 

[ScottyBoy]

spray brake cleaner in the window motor.. i know it sounds crazy but my driver side went out and some dude at work told me they get dirty and stop workin.. it worked for me!

That may work if its just a bad motor, but not if the regulator is jacked up. On mine, the regulator cable got messed up. When I did replace the regulator assembly, I took off the motor since its still good. I'll save it just in case I ever have one go bad. I hear that although the front and rear regulators are different, the motors are the same. But they are side specific. Like a drivers side motor will only fit either of the drivers side doors.

 

[zilla68]

nice to know.