2000 GA window problems.

[davlys]

My son's 2000 Grand Am 4 door has both windows inoperable (at the bottom). They are electric windows. I took off the door panel and found pieces of broken white plastic at the bottom of the doors, which I believe are broken sashes. I bought some new sashes at the dealership and the parts guy said that they have to be glued to the glass, but he did not know what type of glue to use.
My questions are: What type of glue is needed and I would like any tips you have for re-attaching the window to the sashes and the sashes to the tracks. Thanks.

[Hungrycat7]

The last time I had a problem with my window I found this link on here. It was very helpful and answered all my questions! Hope it helps you!

http://www.a1electric.com/grandam.htm

[davlys]

Wow. Excellent site. Thanks for the help.

[xeroinfinity]

Not sure if that link discusses the glue used to reattach the clips to the glass. You just use epoxy specificly for glass.

[LoMbArD]

That's a great link, wish I had found that when I did mine.

It isn't too bad of a job, kinda time consuming, not not that "hard" I have had to do my drivers side 2 times and passengers side once in the past 7 years.

[dgallo_2000]

right now I am in a argument with a place that I ordered my regulator from. This guy is telling me it keeps breaking because I didn't grease it. GREASE WHAT? No where in any book or on line says anything about anything needing grease! This morning, my drivers side broke for the 3rd time.

[crazy Jim]

after I repaired my '99s window I quit slamming the door whenever the window was in the lowered position. The window does not seem to be supported very well when down and seems to move around a bit in that position. I have had no issues since the first repair.

[dgallo_2000]

The steel cord gets stuck inside by the motor. It shredds it all up!

What do I do?

[xeroinfinity]

if the cable is getting shreded then it has to be dragging somewhere.
Thier are two tracks in the door that the glass rides up/down on, they need greased most likly too.

[dgallo_2000]

So, took the door apart again last night. Found the problem this time. But I do not know how it happened... The cable that comes up the left track, then around a white plastic wheel, and into the sleeve. Well, the cable was off the wheel there. How does this happen?

When I was talking about shreeding cable, its inside, where the motor is connected. There is a red plastice inclosed, and the cable is wrapped around that. This time, it was ok, but I don't want it twisting and coming apart in there.

[davlys]

We just finished installing the regulators with the ones that I bought from A1electric.com. The vertical tracks were greased from the factory, so this is where you might want to add some grease. However, since we just installed them, I have no idea how long they will last. Also, to make the window operation a little less stressful on the mechanism, we sprayed the inside of the window seal with silicone lubricant, as suggested by someone else from this site. I am referring to the rubber looking track inside the window frame that guides the window up and down in the door.