tamashane
Active member
I recently rebuilt the motors on my "02 convertible. A fairly simple job. Well about a week after that the drivers side light started acting all crazy. It would go up and jump like a gear was stripped. It did same thing when it would close. I knew the gears were fine, as I had just replace them. I could pull it up or push it down fine. I also notice the manual knob wasn't working properly. Well today I finally had time to look at it good. It seems that the housing had separated again. The epoxy that came with the gears is fine but what had happened was I installed the washers and t-brace wrong. On the driver side, make sure you have the washers between the motor and t-brace. then install with the t-brace between the motor and light frame. This puts the necessary pressure on the motor stem to keep it from separating the cover off of the housing again. Went to the nearby auto store, bought some epoxy and repaired my screw up. Now she works like a champ. Also, in the original instructions, it states to be sure to mark the stem nut position for correct placement for proper operation of the light. Well , I got to looking and thinking, and it does not matter how you reinstall the stem, you can always rotate the knob to align it with the arm again. I'm sure at the factory, they just slap these thing together without any "timing" to them. I am hoping that this will help someone else in the future.
