Window switch help

[RynoHarris]

Is there any way to roll my drivers side window up if the switch isn't working? It's stuck down right now and I ordered a new switch it's just not going to be here for a few days

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[ccapehartusarmyINF.(ret)]

yes but its kind of a pain
there is a little electric motor silver or goldish attached by 3 bolts to the regulator
basically a spool of wire
the best way to describe how this works is very similar to how an old cassette player worked
the motor has a plastic gear on the end that goes in to the middle of the spool
so once you remove the motor you need something wide and flat to stick in the spool i used a large flat tip screw driver
now get some one else to push up on the glass while you turn the spool and it will go all the way up and stay up

 

[ccapehartusarmyINF.(ret)]

window regulator assembly
the part ive circled is the motor and regulator
the motor has a spline that sticks in the center of the regulator when you take the motor off you can manually roll the windows up and down

 

[RynoHarris]

Okay thank you!

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