Re-post ninja's, get at me if you will. This is a common problem with the E36. There are plastic pieces that slide in channels on the window that allows the regulator to push the window up. While the window moves up or down, the lubricant in the slides after so many years becomes pasty instead of slick. The plastic slides break, the regulator arm drops, possibly bending your regulator arms, your window channels, maybe even dropping your window in the door. The door panel isn't too difficult compared to some of the cars I see at work. If you do plan to fix it, order the new slides, find some di-electric or bearing grease and lube the channels before you put the new slides in. I've already fixed one side that had the plastic pieces break in a drive thru at the bank(which had to be the best time for it to break). I will be lubing up the other side here shortly. |