Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

[levittownnick]

Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows in an older car

I have a ?96 Mercury that has very lazy windows on the right side and I am wondering if any one has used a window track lubricant to successfully address this problem and if so what lubricant would you suggest?

Thank you,
Nick

 

[skargo]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

When I ran a bodyshop we used wd40, or trust it, or pb blaster. Anything will work.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

I gotta disagree with you Scott. WD has a tendency to work for a while but then dissipate. And since it dissolves the existing grease, you end up worse off than before. I'd go with a silicone spray or something like that.

 

[perchin]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

White Lithium Grease worked like a charm for me.

 

[skargo]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

I gotta disagree with you Scott. WD has a tendency to work for a while but then dissipate. And since it dissolves the existing grease, you end up worse off than before. I'd go with a silicone spray or something like that.

Maybe, but my body techs have been doing it for 30 years on their own cars.

 

[642mx]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

Grease and oils tend to attract dirt, making your problem worse... 3-in-One Dry Lube works awesome for window tracks.

 

[skargo]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

The proper way is to disassemble the tracks, remove all old dirty lube, and put new grease in there. White lithium is great.

WD40 WILL work, in a pinch, if you do not want to take it apart. I think they even recommend it on their 2000 uses list.

The manufacturers use grease, so I wouldn't worry about the attracting dirt thing

 

[lakelover]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

I've had good luck spraying with silicone spray, I have to do it maybe 2-3 times per year.

 

[Tig]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

I'll second the "clean the old grease and use white lithium" comment. Old grease gets sticky. I did this to my 92 Ranger two years ago and it's still good as new.

 

[coolguy147]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

my 98 mercury is having some slow windows and they screech sometimes? any ideas on how to fix? is this the same thing?

sorry for hijacking a thread

 

[642mx]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

The proper way is to disassemble the tracks, remove all old dirty lube, and put new grease in there. White lithium is great.

WD40 WILL work, in a pinch, if you do not want to take it apart. I think they even recommend it on their 2000 uses list.

The manufacturers use grease, so I wouldn't worry about the attracting dirt thing

Actually some don't. Or at least one of the biggest auto manufacturers doesn't.

 

[skargo]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

Actually some don't. Or at least one of the biggest auto manufacturers doesn't.

Well from my experience most do. Like I said I ran a body shop for years, and we took MANY doors apart. The dirt thing is a non issue as the inner doors are sealed with a plastic membrane.
Every manufacturer had grease on the mechanism.

 

[642mx]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

Well from my experience most do. Like I said I ran a body shop for years, and we took MANY doors apart. The dirt thing is a non issue as the inner doors are sealed with a plastic membrane.
Every manufacturer had grease on the mechanism.

One of them uses a dry lube with PTFE... In any event, they all need some kind of lube. From what I've seen, people take spray grease and coat the window guides with waaaay too much... then when they roll the window down, the dust sticks to the over-greased guides.

 

[puddle jumper]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

I think that we are talking about two different areas on the window. What I have always known as common practice is lube the metal window track ( the part that moves the window up and down) with lithium grease and the window rubber seals that the widow slides in with silicone spray.

 

[lakelover]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

Yup, I'm talking about the rubber seals sprayed with silicone spray. It helped a lot with a window that almost wouldn't go all the way up.

 

[CVX20SPRINT]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

I think that we are talking about two different areas on the window. What I have always known as common practice is lube the metal window track ( the part that moves the window up and down) with lithium grease and the window rubber seals that the widow slides in with silicone spray.

X2
Worked at a GM Dealer for 15 years and the silicon spray is usually enough to do the job.Door disassembly not usually required.

 

[levittownnick]

Re: Lubrication for ?Lazy? electric windows

I thank all for their helpful and valuable information.

Thank you,
Nick