Passenger Side window manual regulator

[Dylan]

I have a problem with the passenger side window when you roll it al way down it won’t roll up it makes a like a striping sound and it’s not the handle I was looking online for an 87 Jeep Comanche regulator can’t find an manual on only power ones any have an idea where to get one . Any help is greatly appreciated thanks

 

[Eagle]

Junkyard

[Jeep Driver]

The last tooth is worn out. 

 

Pull the bottom of the door card, stick your fingers in and lift on the glass as you roll it up. 

 

 

Did that for a year, sucks. 

 

 

Go to a 97up door. 

[cruiser54]

On one I had, I lifted the window to where it would operate and shimmed it up with a block of wood. Used a screw from below to hold the block.

 

 

[rylee144]

Are the ones from a Cherokee the same? Check out this Cherokee or comanche windows and regulators for $50 on OfferUp https://offerup.co/TmHj6Gcp5V

[sinkrun]

I have spare however I am pretty sure its driver side never tried  it got it from ol Jim Oshell years ago.

[SVPete]

Yes, the internal rod-spring thing likely has a worn spot (or corroded). You can try swapping the internal from the passenger side to the driver's side..... if it doesn't look like the bottom one in the photo attached (that was my passenger side). The only way you will know is to take it out and look. It is some work, but really not that hard. To get the window regulator out to work on it, you will have to:

 

1. Remove the interior door panel.

2. Roll the window down as far as you can.

3. Remove the top/rear (one piece) window glass channel (pinch and pull it right out).

4. Disconnect the glass from the regulator (a nut) and slide the glass down as far as it will go (to the bottom of the door).

5. Remove the interior window scraper seal (pulls right off).

6. Remove the triangle window (two screws on top of door and one bolt inside door...and a good tug).

7. Take the window glass out now.

8. Drill out the aluminum rivets holding the regulator in (around 6....easy) and drill out the two rivets holding the strap across the opening (you'll know). Replace with short nuts, bolts, and washers.

9. Jockey the regulator out.

10. A couple of screwdrivers and pliers will bend up the bottom of the regulator to pull the rod-spring thing out.

 

If you jump all into it, it is a good time to:

1. Replace the outside window scraper seal since it is likely hardened and broken up.

2. Replace the roll-up window weatherstripping on the triangle window channel (called a glass division bar). Buying it new is pricey, but you can find weatherstripping that will work in the junkyard if you are willing to search.

3. If you have black metal trim around your window that is peeling, it is a good time to remove it (pry gently from the inside), and strip it down. Heat gun, putty knife, 240 grit sand paper, and a scotch-brite pad will do a good job there.

 

In my limited observation (my truck and at the junkyard), the passenger side tends to experience the corrosion like the bottom item in the photo.

 

The pieces in the photo are exactly the same on manual regulators...whether, left side, right side, front, or rear. You can use this internal piece from the rear window crank of a Cherokee to fix yours. I do not know if this internal piece is the same on the power windows. I haven't had a reason to check. I would recommend that you PERSONALLY look at that in a junkyard if you have no other options.

[SVPete]

Add this to the to-do list also:

4. Hose the lock mechanism down with de-greaser. Then hose it down some more. (then put some not 30 year old grease on it)

[big66440]

XJ ( up to 96 )manual regulators are compatible with our trucks, I’m not sure if the 2 door XJ regulators will work on our MJ’s though. Junkyard or ebay are the only places to get them now, you can replace the rivets holding the regulator to the door with M6x1.0 nuts and bolts. 

[gogmorgo]

I threw a zip-tie through a hole in the bottom of mine. Works great, because if I'm ever cranking it down it hits the zip-tie and there's increased resistance, I remember, and stop. It works great until I have a passenger who rolls the window down, hits resistance, and then gives the window crank hell before I can stop them, slices through the zip tie, and then a few minutes later decides they didn't want the window down after all but suddenly they can't roll the window back up...