Change a Window Lift Engine on a Chevy Cavalier
The Chevrolet Cavalier was manufactured with optional energy windows, which practice an electric Engine to impel the window regulator. This Engine can wear absent or be damaged, on the other hand it can be replaced easily once you access it over the door panel. The criterion backyard mechanic can moderate the Engine in a Cavalier door in approximately 30 minutes.
Instructions
1. Disconnect the battery by turning the confident terminal bolt counterclockwise and pulling the cable off. Reconnect the battery by turning the positive terminal bolt in a clockwise direction.
Pull the influence window switches absent by prying the moulding with a screwdriver, then disconnecting the wiring harness from them at the adapter plug. Tug at a corner of the panel to loosen the pop rivets that authority it to the metal. Pull the pop rivets absent one at a clock, working your road approximately the limit of the panel. It is conventional to snap some of the rivets, as they are plastic and convert brittle over age. They can be easily replaced on the panel before reinstallation by sliding the broken rivet away, then sliding a fresh one in. The panel Testament come off when all of the rivets are loose.
3. Remove the window Engine by unplugging the Engine from the wiring harness by pulling the adapter plug apart, then turning the Engine mount bolts in a counterclockwise order. Pull the Engine directly gone from the window regulator gears.
4. Replace the motor by pressing the new motor to the window regulator gears, then turning the mount bolts clockwise. Attach the adapter plug to reconnect the motor to the harness. Replace the door panel by positioning it and tapping the pop rivets into their individual holes on the metal door. Check all sides of the panel to make sure there are no bulges where the rivet did not enter the metal hole. Secure the arm rest bolts and door handle screws in a clockwise direction. Reconnect the power window switches and press the molding back into the door panel.
5. Store the cable out from the battery.2. Remove the door panel by turning the screw inside the interior door ear counterclockwise. Turn the arm rest bolts counterclockwise. Store all of the bolts and screws in a guarded objective.
