Envoy / Trailblazer - Rear Door Window Regulator Replacement
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- In this video I have a look at a customers GMC Envoy that had an issue with the door glass in the rear door. Customer states he was driving and the door glass just fell to the bottom of the door. You could hear some crunching goin on in the door when you pushed on the switch and it didn't sound to good. Let's tear it apart and get this regulator swapped out.
-Enjoy!
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Couldn't find the wedges that I had but these rubber door wedges look like they'd do the trick IMO. Any how, happy wrenching!
-Eric O.
You made it look so easy, I remember some of the old Suburbans we had in Saudi Arabia, that was a staple in our parts inventory. Window regulations, door and rear door. We had about 250 Suburbans and summer was always busy.
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I use the Lisle window holder and it works well. I just used it recently when replacing the power window motor on a 92 Cavalier. I wish that job had been as easy as yours. Drilling out rivets and hardly any access holes in the door made things difficult.
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A later Ford Fusion video had you using suction cups and a string. That was genius!
as a 77 yr old retired mechanic i can say some things today are actually easier to repair. the window regulators from my early days contributed to the sale of a lot of alcohol.
My 96 Firebird was terrible. Window was scratched to hell when I was done and so were my hands.
I am a 64 year old retired mechanic. My experience has been the exact opposite. My main hobby is vintage cars. I currently own a 1964 Ford Fairlane and a 1967 Ford Mustang. I have replaced window regulators in both. Both are manual crank windows. Window regulators are not the easiest things to replace on any car, but I found them to be easier than pretty much any modern car. Just about everything is easier to work on on older cars.
@larrysperling8801 and band aids
They use to be real aggravating. You would have to line all the rollers up and run the "scissors" up and down until you found the right combination to make it fit. Don't know how many times I've been pinched and cut.
That's no joke. Some of them were nasty. This one looked to be fairly easy.
The sound of the rain added a relaxing ambience to watching you work the magic.
That rain in the background is really soothing 😌
Eric is “The mechanic with the on the go lifestyle “.
I laughed out loud when he said that.
@@tetedur377 But wait! There's more!
I always get a good laugh out of the way Eric mocks popular sales slogans like Chevy Thunder and my first new car "had the big 1.0."
@@InsideOfMyOwnMind Yes. My first had the big 1.6 Iron Duck. Then I upgraded to the bigger 1.9. I found that one to leave me stranded, but only a few times per week.
I was mechanic for 50 years. Glad to see someone doing proper work these days.
You have to love it when someone takes pride in their work. I know a lot of shops that would have never taken the extra effort to clean the window and door panel.
They're the ones that don't have a UA-cam channel with a stadium full of onlooking critics just hankering for something to nitpick.
Yep," because only customers pay wages"😊
And backing the car into the bay so the customer does not have to go out in the rain
The amount of ppl that want a prideful and good mechanic but want to pay like guy that works at your parts store parking lot is insane
@@Pidroe I learned that from an old guy I worked for a long time ago. It didn't rain a lot in Southern California, but it was always the little things like that that customers remembered.
You know: put their seat back where you found it, as well as their tilt wheel, leave the radio station alone, except to turn it off, and so on.
As a non-professional backyard mechanic, I was amazed that you did not cut you hands on the metal stampings around the regulator. I guess that is what a professional does. 🙂
😊I believe has " asbestos hands" or " Kevlar klaws" hardly ever see a cut or burn😊
@@joedavidzuniga1993i was just gonna say he has caloused hands but your description is spot on lmao
Knowing how to avoid the sharp edges is helpful!
After a few inside door repairs, cleaning blood off gets old!😂
For sure. Every time I have worked inside a door I end up looking like I lost a fight with a wild cat.
Yea, those damn things are notorious for lopping off appendages 😂😂
Eric actually rolled the window down when cleaning the window to get the very top side of window. No idea how hard it is to get professional detailers to do this one simple step for a complete job of window cleaning. Eric O does it just out of his standard practice.
The good ones will
On one particular car, the window always got a black line at the top from the seal, even after cleaning. Not worth.
As a former pro detailer i alwas clean the top of the glass with 000 steel wool to get rid of that black streak from the window seal.
@@Guillotines_For_Globalists000 steel wool will remove that without scratching the glass
@@jimbo3934 Well, I sold that car back in 2017. It was a 2003 Toyota Camry. The black marks re-appeared nearly instantly. Car had only 50,000 something thousand miles on it too, not an old car nor an abused car, always garage kept, all of the rubbers and plastics were in tip-top shape too.
Nice job, didn’t see you reattach the wiring harness on the upper right of the regulator, but I bet you did !
no, he missed it
I'm pretty sure he missed that one. That said, I'm equally sure that, considering that he's situated in the rust belt, the vehicle will dissolve before that bolt head rubs through the wires. 😛
he forgot it. it doesnt have enough slack to get into any trouble though.
I'm sure that vehicle already has plenty of louder rattles. They'll never hear that little cable banging around 😄
Made me smile watching you wash the windows after the repair. When I was 16, I worked in a "service station" and every repair we did came with washing all the windows and filling the tires. The boss said it made people "feel" better about the repair... and I believe him.
I told a mechanic friend about the Subaru rear bearing replacement and he watched the video. Thanks to you from him.
So many videos of new car reviews of base models. and when people see crank windows and they are screaming about manual widows, this is why I love them. Every time my daughter borrows my truck and complains about the manual everything I tell how much I love my unlock with a key, crank window you adjust mirrors, it makes me love them even more.
And I am thrilled to see a shop using the best damned glass cleaner on the planet! Good job Mr. O!
I didn't see him use Invisible Glass? Also, he used a regular paper towel not a microfiber towel. Ok, let's flame war over glass cleaning! 🤪
Well done. It might be a good idea to use a little silicone spray on the window channels to decrease friction and prolong the life of that Dorman regulator.
I am EXTREMELY surprised that he did not do this as part of the replacement.
Yep this guy is a professional!
Wow it’s hard to find mechanics like this anymore, someone raised him good! Nice shop too! 👍🏻💯
Eric O is one heck'va Auto Technician with probably the best one-liners and jokes on the internet 😉👍🏾
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One of the easiest window regulators installs ive ever seen wish they were all that simple lol , love your vids keep em coming
You did forget one little thing - the tiny Christmas tree clip 7:45 for the wiring clipped to the door handle/latch bracket
I commented on that as well!
I found the rain very soothing.
As a retired mechanic these videos are joy to watch.
Brought back memories from when I did auto glass for a living. I was saying the steps in my head watching you. never a dull moment watching your videos
Hi Eric. I did a similar job on my daughters Honda Civic . Took a chance with a. dormon replacement.& just to de sure bench tested and Film fluid on worm gear & cable. I find the Honda mechanically friendly. Always watching and enjoying no matter what job you’re doing 👍⚔️🛠⚒🇺🇸🇨🇦P.S. I APOLOGIZE ON CANADA ‘s behalf about the smoke. 💨💨
"It's unlike GM to do something that makes sense." Very true Eric! If you only knew some of the BS hoops they make us parts guys jump through at their dealerships. 😆
The best part of your videos is how you end them, always a treat to hear you come up with a clever finishing line!
South Main ASMR Repair...the rain in the background and the smooth repair was very soothing. Thanks Eric, you are a real stress reliever on this one.
That speaker coming out like that is genius. That opens the space up so much. Most of the time you have to work in 2 little squares...
My father was an engineer at Ford, he's long since retired and passed, and his job was working out the kinks that the designers put into their stylish vehicles, making them more user friendly. He would have had a hole drilled in the speaker panel for that last bolt to make it easier for the window regulator to be replaced.
@@clintshiplett8548 I was a Ford mechanic for a lot of years. I remember having to drill holes in those panels. They were dimpled, but not drilled.
That speaker seems to have a baffle which would be for audio quality. Or that's what I thought of when I saw it. Kind of solves multiple problems at once. Neat.
Now I know why your a top notch mechanic and so "in demand". It's what I learned in the military..."ATTENTION TO DETAIL". You clean the windows after completing the job. Bravo Zulu to you Sir. You are the only auto mechanic/Christian man that I watch as a D'yer.
Being from Phoenix (119 today), I sure do appreciate the sound of that rain!
That rubber liner looks a lot more robust than the flimsy, foam rubber material they use on most of the cars we see over here in the UK. It's virtually impossible to pull that stuff off without tearing it. I usually end up putting them back on with strips of gaffer tape (duct tape) all over them. Glad I'm retired now and that's one more job I don't have to do any more.
Gaffer tape is not duct tape. It's stronger, sticks better and has to be cut ( can tear it lengthwise).
Far too many times it isn't even butyl, it's often just polythene sheet which tears as soon as you look at it.
My 95 sierra just had clear plastic.
After watching some vehcor videos it seems GM has the best liners in the biz
Wait. You put the liner back on? 🤣
The background sound of rain is very soothing :)
You even cleaned the part of the window that pushes up into the molding! Very impressive.
That was a WHOLE bunch easier than replacing the window regulators in my 1984 K10. Trying to get those suckers out was a real ordeal. Thanks for the video, Mr. O.
Loved the sound of the rain in the background. Thanks for the video Mr O.
You never miss a step in the proper procedure in doing something such as this window regulator install.even going to the point of cleaning the window. Kudos to you Eric.!and again thank you for my evening entertainment.
In my experience, most of the really good mechanics I worked with were not good at trim jobs. I think it's because it requires much slower work, a lot more patience in R&R, and doing a lot of checking to get the fit and fasteners right. But once again, Eric shows why he is the renaissance man of vehicle repair.
The Master at the controls again. More satisfying than a Snickers bar.
Listening to the rain and the quiet explanation by “Dr. O” as he tore the door apart felt almost like one of those “Calm” selections that’s supposed to help you sleep…then you hear “Come on, baby…”, and it’s back to working on cars.
Loved your ending where you laughed at your self. Thanks for keeping me company while I ate my Lunch.
You are a fine auto technician you always take the time to do the best job you can the people in your area are lucky to have you. See you in the next one MR, O!
The one and only time I replaced a regulator it was held in place by rivets. Now that shows a lot of confidence that it will never need to be replaced
The last one that I did, I had to drill rivets out that were holding the regulator. That chevy was a lot easier. Thanks Eric.
When you were on your knees I fully expected Mrs O to show up !!! 🤣🤣
That rain added a nice mood to the video.
Watching this at midnight in Texas, that rain sounds relaxing as hell and I must put me to sleep...
I've changed several window regulators in my day.
No matter how careful I am I ALWAYS get the black insulation sealant on me. Its murder on the arm hairs.
Also. You are welcome for the smoke. Everyone loves the smell of a campfire....
That shit is bad. On the clear plastic ones I slice them down the middle and tape them back up. That adhesive gets everywhere on everything. I also use the newer style of pressure adjust suction cups to hold the window up. I find the door panels fit into the top groove a lot easier with the window down.
Another fine job, Mr. O!!! I like that you cleaned the windows where you made the repair, i had my car in the dealer for a similar repair and they didn't even clean their finger smears off the interior door panels they touched, yet alone the window they touched all over.
I was waiting for you to say "There comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory..."
That went very easy! My experience with European cars is quite different - it's a pain to get the plastic cover out intact (pegs tend to break) and regulators used to have 4 cables and it took forever to get them out (usually had to drop the glass to the bottom, to get enough space), have them repaired (much cheaper than a new one) and refit the whole thing, praying for no plastic damage.
Nice warm rain storm to set the pace, and back down the Canadian smoke! That's another one for the books. Thanks Eric! GMC
Only one thing you forgot? But it’s nothing really just challenging myself to see if I can ever spot anything for fun really. You forgot to snap the wire harness to the new regulator. All these years and finally seen one thing. Lol. Your still one of the best to ever do it.
That Sprayway glass cleaner is amazing stuff.
And no rust hit the floor in this video! Thx as always .
I thought at first that downtown Avoca had a lot of traffic until you mentioned about the rain!
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EasyPeasy but we love it... keep them coming...nice watching somebody else grow old Eric. When your posting are delayed I watch your stuff when you were just a kid ( UA-cam wise anyway)..God Bless you and fam.
I really enjoy all repairs on this channel
I was cringing the entire time you were pulling that door skin off. Three years ago January, I was pulling apart my kid's 10yo Mazda... and 8 out of 10 of the little clips broke. I sent my other kid to O'Reilly's three miles away to get replacements... and on the way, they lost control of my truck, slid off the road and wrecked it. No injuries, but the truck was totalled. Which ultimately led to the insurance company declining to renew my policy. So those little clips.... they scare me. 😂
Lesson? Never ask for help. lol It always costs you in the end.😎
@@2tommyrad The roads were not great, but the shoulder was bad, and the grass beyond the shoulder was terrible - long thick matted-down weeds over soft mud, with a couple inches of wet slush. The silver lining that day - apart from "no injuries" - was that the state police said "look, if you have to get it towed out of there, I'll have to write a report, and if I have to write a report, I'll have to write a citation.... soooo....." I said "......soooo if I can get it out of that stand of trees under its own power, and limp it to the collision place down the road, we don't have to bother with any of that paperwork?" Exactly. So with the full blessing of two PA state police troopers, I put the truck in 4WD and just BLASTED it backwards out of the stand of trees where it was buried, backwards through the ditch, and slid to a stop, slewing the front end around sideways to park neatly in the shoulder of the road. That was FUN. 😂
That went well. Seems like it’s always a crap shoot taking a door panel off.
After having lived in the desert for the last year it was nice to hear the rain in the back ground. Monsoon season is just about here.
On the Firebird forums they always recommended aftermarket window motors that have a life time warranty, the thought process was that the aftermarket motors were a quarter of the price of the OEM part, they seemed to last as long as the OEM part, but if they failed, you had a life time warranty.
I hope the rain cleared up the smoke for awhile.
When you went to call the customer you must have been reading my mind. Brilliant. I imagine the conversation went something like this:
"Hi Bob. It's Eric O. at South Main Auto. I've been looking at your Buick. The issue with the window is that-"
"Read my lips Eric O. I don't care. Fix it. Fix it now." Click. And for us old-timers, a nice dial tone at the end.
It’s kinda peaceful listening to the rain…….!
Man the way you work is the same as a marine cleaning his rifle blind folded.
Great video as always. The struggle to get the regulator out made me smile. Been there a few times.
That rain sounds wonderful. Gotta love the smell of rain and a garage. They should make a body spray.
Always nice to see the rain
Eric, you make changing the window regulator easy to do. I've changed my 2002 Dodge Caravan driver side 3 times. It's like figuring out a Chinese ring puzzle getting it out and back in. If you lived closer, I would bring it to you. But, I live in southern Oregon where cars don't rust. I'm impressed!
You made that look so easy. It took me ALL day and a lot of skin off my knuckles 😂 That large opening would have been nice to work with.
That looks like one of the more sensible window regulator designs. Maybe the customer could spray some siliicone around the seals to make it run easier?
Great job Eric. I usually break a few tabs by pulling the panel off.
Yeah me to half the time haha
Open and shut case, good video.Thanks for taking the time
love the sound of the rain
“..for the mechanic with the on the go lifestyle.” Fabulous. Among the many DIY jobs I do window work usually results in the most blood loss.
Good mood today! That's always nice. Thanks!
Great job, I've changed my Lincoln Town cars regulators, both front and rear. They are not as easy, windows must come out, to remove the track assembly. After doing two, I made a small change to the top two studs, shortened them by 1/4", now the window can be secured at the top. Allows the track room to move away from the door frame. Also learned not to buy them off EBay!!! Auto Zones are better, EBay lasted less than one year. So now, I can do it, like you can do it. lol Thanks for sharing.
Love the sound of rain! Send some my way....to Arizona!
A pro doing quality work with pride AND Rain ASMR 😂.........Great vid Well done
I've always driven beaters (not all started as beaters, but I refuse to swap out a vehicle that runs and drives just because it hits x mileage) and I've changed a lot of regulators (mostly driver's window - probably something to do with my eating habits). That one seemed fairly typical if not a little nicer based on the engineering involved. No rivets to drill out, holes to access the bolts when the thing is all the way up, etc. My dorman experience with them has been fine. I think I had to warranty exactly one, but frankly that one sounded "crunchy" from the beginning, so it didn't so much as fail prematurely, but was defective from the start. As always, nice job, meticulous in your work and I always appreciate that about your videos. Nice touch cleaning the glass at the end, too. I don't always do that on my own vehicles after my greasy paddies got all over it. Thumbs (greasy and otherwise) up.
Don't move to a salt state with safty inspection. The state makes me swap out rides. Some as low as 88k.
@@Wrang15 I live in PA. Plenty of salt here. I replace the beaters when they are unsafe.
@emcque I am in PA too. 30 min from the NY state line. I can't get anything to last more then 10 years. 8 seams to be the average. They just spray brine year round. Paved roads in winter dirt roads in summer. Tar and chip sand blasts all the paint off the undercarriage too. I hate Pendot lol.
Thank you thank you! Just did my right side one and won't hesitate to do my own again!
Eric, tomorrow's a big day for me. My Autel scanner arrives! After 10 years of doing my own repairs, thanks to you and a couple others, I'm upping my game. I'm now the neighbor's mechanic, too.
Geez, Louise! I was waitin' to see a carp floppin' around in the background!!!😆
And Eric now enters the ASMR category with "sounds from a gentle rain while fixing a car"
Almost lulled me to sleep with the rain sounds. 😂
You are awesome Eric! Not even an extra charge for the rain sounds
Eric, the job you did was so good it almost has me motivated to start the job of replacing the actuator on my Van. Thanks for Sharing! 🙃🙂
That rain sounds amazing
That is definitely one of the easier ones to do ! Some can be a real challenge!
The rain sounds fabulous! Great video as always Mr O!
I like seeing my favorite upholstery cleaner. It great on windows also. The FlatRate Master turned me on to that years ago and now I use nothing else.
Being in a summer drought three years running it was a joy hearing the rain.
As an added bonus we got to see pythons in our trip to the gun show.
Good job, no collateral damage and all put back as it were !
Dorman window regulators are an upgrade from OEM in my DYI experiences. Not only that, lifetime warranty so if they fail, the shop or customer won't be buying any more regulators. We had one Dorman regulator fail wherein the cable rolled over a nylon/plastic pully and that can happen only once as the groove is then widened and rolled out due to plastic characteristics. If they had used metal, that wouldn't happen but they might be more prone to higher noise levels.
When we used the more expensive OEM regulators, they weren't worth the gamble and extra cost especially when Dorman has an upgraded design from OEM known flaws and their warranty.
This job would have been about $500 at the dealership and these regulators with their components are prone to fail. Their design is fairly good for saving weight however, the cable routing and pulleys used need more refinement due to their high failure rate.
Thanks Eric every time I watch you it reinforces the need for patience and to think about what you are doing.Regards to Mrs O.
At the end, I swear I thought you were about to say "If you can do it, I can do it!" 😁
I love the relaxing rain sounds today Eric ... 😉
The Citroen DS has hydraulic windows that are almost silent and very quick. The hydraulic system ran the transmission, windows and suspension. I only got one ride in a DS, but it was literally the smoothest and most comfortable car I've ever experienced. The other end of the comfort spectrum was a '64 Freightliner I drove in my brief career of trucking, but our '53 Chevy 3600 pickup came close.
Nice job Eric O. as always, had the same problem in my 01 Buick Lesabre only all 4 of my Regulators went out cable broke go figure. Oh well great job once again Eric O. Oh yes that Wera tool set is really handy not only on cars but the home.
You get a 10 on this job for 🛠assembly and cleanliness !!! At least it's cool while it is 💧🌊🌧raining !!! Unbelievable that you tested the window more than once !!!! That's the quality of a PRNY Avoca SMA Certified 👨🎓SAE Master Automobile Mechanic !!!! Yes, you get what you pay for - Eric is not cheap, but worth his weight in 💰💰💸💸Gold !!!! On to the next job !!!!!
The rain is very relaxing.
As a backyard hacker, I have done dozens of regulators and power door lock actuators. Engineers assigned to cococt these contraptions must be limited to C- students exclusively. The cable acuated type was definitely a step backward, they just don't last. I replaced the regulator on my daughter's Town and Country. Every time, the same cable failed. It required removal of an entire interior section of door, After removing the door card, and including removal of the door latch and a half dozen wiring harnesses, speaker and more. The window wasn't bolted to the regulator, you had to pry it off of two plastic clips. The only good thing was , by the third time, I was able to the whole job start to finish in less than an hour.
Enjoyed the rain in the background
That has got to be the easiest window regulator replacement I have ever seen! GM provided heaps of room to remove the old & install the new one. The frightening thing was the load clicks as you removed the door card, I was certain a few clips broke! I can't believe I am saying this, but Good One GM!!