Big thanks my dude - made the job way easier than I thought it would be.

@mrtgsy

4 жыл бұрын

Alex Davies the only person I know who says “my dude” is Harry Miree and so if you’re referencing him then my dude you are even more very welcome. Heck you’re welcome anyway, but it would just be cool is all.

Just replaced the drivers side (US) window motor on my daughters 2007 Forester using Matt's method. 30 minutes total!!!! I removed each of the 4 regulator bolts one at a time and replaced them with 25mm long bolts to create that space needed to remove the motor without dropping the regulator. This video is what the internet was made for!!!! What a time saver. Thank you again for this post!!! Cheers!

Thanks very much, I am non-mechanical at all and was able to use your video to do the replacement on my driver side window motor. A couple of tips I got from other blogs were that I temporarily used longer bolts to hold the regulator in place whilst I was working so it wouldn't come loose but I could still push it clear. I also had a light and shaving mirror to see if things were lining up. Probably took me 2 hours. I was going slow and steady and made a rookie error when replacing the door card by refitting the metal bracket for the arm rest upside down. Took a while to get the screws lined up when fitting the motor. I had loosely fitted the two closest to the speaker hole but think that made it more difficult to get the one on the other side lined up. Having done it I would recommend fitting one of those screws first and then lining up screw on other side next. Again thanks for this tutorial wouldn't have attempted without this help. Thanks-Matthew

Thanks for posting. Just completed my window motor replacement and couldn't have done it without your video.

Just have to say a huge THANK YOU! Replacing the motor only saved me a huge amount of time and headaches!

I wouldn't have been able to tackle this job without this vid. It's excellent thank you. Mine is a 2006 Forester and the driver's side window stopped working. Generally the same principles apply in removing the motor. One small complication is that the bolts holding the motor to the regulator are Philips head - making that part of the operation a bit trickier - but it's still possible. I used the same tool combo as Matt - but In this case substituted a broad-head Philip's driver. There was current at the wiring in and the problem ended up being a build up of discharge material on the armature. I cleaned this and the contact brushes - with some 1500grit paper, bent the contacts out a fraction and the motor spun freely. I also used the longer threaded bolts to retain the regulator while completing the extraction and re-assembly - so thanks for that hint.

Thanks a lot for this detailed video. removed mine, disassembled the stuck motor, cleaned it out, regreased and reinstalled in about 2 hours. Works perfectly again!

Great video sir! The only one on KZread that shows replacement of only the motor. Much easier than replacing the entire regulator! Phillips #3 is the key to this job! Thank you!

@mrtgsy

7 жыл бұрын

Shawn Smith thanks for your comment, that's basically the entire reason I made the video! Glad it was helpful.

Thank you! I'm glad I decided to just replace the motor rather than the whole regulator. I was a little worried about fitting the teeth of the motor to the teeth on the regulator but that ended up not being an issue at all, just lined up the bolts with the holes and screwed everything in and my window worked perfectly. This was my first time working on my car beyond some simple stuff and it was pretty easy thanks to this video

Just finished replacing the driver side window motor on my '05 Legacy Wagon - thanks to your video it was do-able!

@mrtgsy

6 жыл бұрын

Great news. Thanks for the comment.

Was just informed by our Subaru service centre that we are up for AUD$1600 for the driver and driver side passenger window motors. Screw that! We found your video and have ordered both reconditioned motors for AUD$500. Will let you know how we go when they arrive. Great video; clear and to the point without glossing over how fiddly it can be or the potential pitfalls. Cheers.

Just fixed my daughters drivers side motor on her 2005 Subaru legacy after watching your video - cheers mate, you saved us some bucks....😁

i just replaced my driver's side motor with a brand new replacement motor for $65 CAD. Took about 1.5 hours to do. If i need to replace any others in the future, will probably take no more than 40 minutes. Great video, thanks for the awesome tips!

@mrtgsy

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for the comment.

Wow, great video. Made my project easier than I thought it could be. Key for me was the mention of needing a #3 Phillips, I had a long one on a socket so the socket was useless but I used a small vise grip on it and easy-peasy after that! Thanks!

Wow, thanks for this. The motor went out on our 2003 Subaru, and your video saved me hundreds of dollars in repair bills. I just ordered a $60 motor (Dorman Inc. in U.S.) from Amazon, and was able to get it in without too much fuss. It helped me to use a small mirror to see the location of the motor screws. Also, I ended up having to loosen the top 2 regulator bolts and taking off the bottom two (just like you did in the vid) in order to get the motor pinion gear out from underneath the regulator housing. I used some wire to tie up the regulator from the top, instead of a wood prop from the bottom. Thanks again for the instructions!

@mrtgsy

7 жыл бұрын

John Baker "motor pinion gear" - I prefer "little spindly thing" 😂 thanks for your comment, pleased it was helpful.

Sucessfully performed on a 2003 Subaru Forester 2.5 XS Bought the motor on Amazon for $68, intall time about 1 hour. weirdbeardmt - Thank you very much for producing and posting this video, you saved me a lot of time and money by doing so. Cheers!

Thanks for the guide Matt. Made the job much easier.

Saved me alot of work. I really didn't want to pull entire window out. Awesome thanks!

Just heard the sound of death from my Subaru Foresters driver side window. I thought to myself, this is my first rodeo but i wonder how bad itd be. watching your video made me realize my first rodeo with fixing her up wont be too bad. Thank you

@mrtgsy

5 жыл бұрын

Sean Logan good luck cowboy 👍

@jamesguest4338

5 жыл бұрын

sound of death?

Thanks so much for this video! I almost attempted to remove the regulator with motor and possibly the window. After watching another video on here. This was so helpful!!!

Motor was out yesterday and I opened it up for a regreasing. Back together and before installing, checked it out as to if it would run. Thanks for the tips, made the job understandable and with the correct (#3) Phillips it worked out. Short armed ratchet helped also. Subaru book by Chilton had dark pictures, suggested taking the whole window out, but added something that wasn't possible if the motor wasn't working to make the window come all the way down. (One last screw to be taken out). Lock Tite was just a bit difficult but finally gave up. You did a great job with your first video!

Thanks for posting this. I had mine changed in about half an hour. Glad I didn't have to remove the regulator to change the motor.

Damn man, thanks a lot, I hate breking my fingers inside the car doors, and I would defentley broken them if I had to figure things out for myself! Bought a chineese window motor, they sent me the wrong sided one and the fixture holes ware in a too tight radius....so I opened up the old motor's electrical compartment, it was all siezed up and rusty. Poured some WD40 on the rotor and stator, brushed it, and it works again!

Thank you for this video. Removed and overhauled the complete motor unit on my 2008 2.5 XT forester. saved myself 350euro!!

Worked for me. Seemed much faster than taking the entire assembly out. Thanks!

Thanks so much for this. I had always thought this method ought to be possible and your video helped a lot. Motor alone costs about half the price of entire regulator and swap is much quicker. Three tips - ensure you have a perfect phillips no 3 screwdriver bit - if in doubt get a new one as the last thing you want is to burr the screwheads that hold in the motor. I used four lengths of coat-hanger wire to ensure the window could not drop - simply make a hook on one end and put it down the inside of the glass until it hooks under the glass holder - then bend it over the inside top lip of the door - four times to be certain there is support all the way along. Finally use two or three strips of masking tape to hold up the plastic damp membrane out of the way - it keeps flapping down in your video which is annoying and messy! thanks again

Good video !!! Gave me the confidence to tackle the issue myself. Socket drive is a Phillips #3 ( P3 ) It bottoms out at the bottom of the machine screw well so get best fit. I used the idea of a shaving mirror and an LED light. Shaving mirror on rags at the bottom of the door and the LED light at the front of the door. It would be great to know what the bolt size is that holds the regulator in place (m8?) I got by removing the bottom two and losening the top two but would have preferred to use some longer ones. I did have some "fun" getting one of the mounting screws loosened. WD40 and a couple smaks freed it. Although my motor was still sort of working, it would not have for long. I took it apart and don't really know how it worked at all. Your video is worth a watch !!

Great video, just did this on my 2006, thank you for posting!! This is the way to do it!

Thanks so much for posting this! Only took about an hour really taking my time and it couldn't have gone smoother thanks to this video.

@mrtgsy

6 жыл бұрын

Travis Simpson you’re welcome!

This can't be too much different than the 2006 Forester - just wondering how the spring mechanism matches up to the motor. Three hours on a Subaru vs one for a normal change of motor and/or regulator. Great job and I'm especially grateful that you mentioned what tools are needed in advance. Thank you.

Thanks for the effort you've done in posting this. I was just going to give it to a mechanic to do. As an electrician I've proved the motors getting power so now I'm going to give it a try myself. Might just pull it out and see if I can fix it before investing in a new motor.

@mrtgsy

7 жыл бұрын

Alan Shrimpton pretty much exactly what I did initially... checked all the various spots for power, trying to rule out switches and cables and so on. Eventually determined the same - the motor was getting power but when I got it out the insides of the motor were so gummed up it was no surprise it wasn't working well. In hindsight, and so my advice to you, if you get yours out and find the same just install a new (or reconditioned one) straight away (would avoid breakers' since they'll probably have same issue). Good luck.

Thank you for this movie. Your film was helpful to me. I had a corroded window motor. After cleaning it, it works very well. Your movie was what I was looking for! Thank you so much for your help. :)

@mrtgsy

5 жыл бұрын

Łukasz Smagała awesome 👍thanks for your comment 🤗

This works on a subaru legacy bl bp as well! Thanks, helps a lot.

Thank you so much for video I was able to do it myself saved quite a bit of money.

Thanks for the video, nice car, wish we could get them in the USA

Thanks for sharing that experience, very helpful

about to tackle this job, video is excellent and entertaining, thanks

@The860steve

7 жыл бұрын

completed in 1.5 hours, easier than it looks, I owe you a carton of beer if you are ever in Tasmania, Cheers

Thnx for this great video. You saved me many euro's!

Thank you, you made it easy for me !!

Great video mon ami; doing this very repair now. Window motor would not turn; pulled it out, very dirty, gears clogged; clean, greased, now motor turns just fine. Just about to do the reinstall now. Without your video this would have been much harder/time consuming or expensive.

@oleskoolnizza

7 жыл бұрын

getting a motor out that hasnt been previously removed and still has factory loctite is virtually impossible. managed to round off 2 screws before giving up

@mrtgsy

7 жыл бұрын

oleskoolnizza sorry to hear that. Neither of my motors had been removed before though, both were still loctited in. It's doable with time... and the right Philips. See 11:30.

Awesome vid mate, thanks for the effort. It's a huge help seeing what I have to get at, the other videos I found instruct to take the entire mechanism out.

@dakarak

7 жыл бұрын

Just thought I'd add a comment now I have the motor out. After undoing the 3 screws that hold the motor in, the tension of the window in the full up position was locking it in hard and I couldn't get it out. I plugged the controls back in and all the movement got it working enough to loosen the tension, then the motor almost fell out! When I pulled to motor apart it was completely full with water and inside the motor is very badly corroded. Its a 2005 turbo JDM facelift model....it does rain a lot here in NZ though!

@mrtgsy

7 жыл бұрын

Dax Bunce no worries mate. Glad it was helpful in some way. Thanks for your comment.

Thanks man you helped me very much!!!

Thanks a lot. Your video helped me very much :)

Brilliant! Thank you for this.

Nice video, thanks. Will the window move freely up and down (by hand) when the motor is removed? My window is stuck in the up position. I've confirmed power to the motor but there is no sound or movement at all. I'd like to check the mechanism when the motor is removed before reassembly, and maybe lock it in the closed position for a few days until a replacement part arrives.

huge help thank you

thank you for the video.

Excellent video tutorial as many have mentioned and thanked you!!! Wondering if this can be done as easily while the window stuck all the way down??? Is there still room to remove the motor? I can hear the motor spinning but NOTHING happens either up or down... any further advice besides taking into a mechanic??? thank you.

@mrtgsy

5 жыл бұрын

Would be worth taking the door card apart etc. to see what is possible. I don't think you'll be able to get at the motor because the glass will be blocking it but you may be able to loosen up some bits to get the glass to go back up. Good luck.

@flynsqrls

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the super quick reply!!! Will give it a try... (with help from your video!)

You’re a confident mechanic. When I do this job I will test the motor BEFORE replacing the door panel. Rock auto install tips are crazy. They say to drill hole in the motor gear and insert a pin to keep it from spinning. That sounds ridiculous!

Solid video thx 👍🏼👍🏼

Hi, great video. Got a question, i think the power cord to the motor has a dead short as I'm only getting 9v after the main connector from the control switch. Do you know if the white electrical connector that attaches to the motor can be unclipped and pulled off? I believe this cable could be the source of the problem.

@mrtgsy

6 жыл бұрын

Hey, possibly... probably... I thought this may have been the issue with mine, and I tested it all, got similar... but it was still the motor.

Hey Matt Brill video, I've got 2 to do, definitely gonna do 'em without removing regulators, one question, I'm going to use new motors is it same motor on all 4 windows, obviously regulators are handed but what about motors ? cheers, Andrew

@mrtgsy

3 жыл бұрын

hey man, thanks for the comment. Please it’s helpful. Tbh I can’t 100% remember but part of me wants to say yes, it matters. Worth checking when you buy, for sure.

is the cat a required tool? ; ) Thanks for the video, i just used this in a professional shop in the states. Our online database had no schematics and It was my first and this was a very helpful video. Cheers and thanks again.

@mrtgsy

7 жыл бұрын

J.D. Dahners thanks buddy, pleased it was helpful. The cat is optional but handy. I can rent him out to you 😅

Hello and thanks for the video it's extremely helpful. But I ended up rounding one bolt and can't take out the other 2.. they seem frozen. What should I do ? Can I cut the motor or something ;

@mrtgsy

Жыл бұрын

New door?

@user-ko9mg8mx7p

Жыл бұрын

@@mrtgsy lol that's too expensive I think 😂 better take off the regulator

Спасибо тебе брат

Oh Dear ! Despite of your concerned warning about that, Matt, I managed to unleash the spring... :-( What now ? Anyone with a film on how to fix that, without taking the whole system out ? Thanks in advance.

@mrtgsy

6 жыл бұрын

Martin Brückmann damn. I believe you just traveled to the World of Pain. It did come with a health warning! Hope you at least didn't break the glass. But afraid I managed to avoid that both times I did this so not entirely sure what you're facing now. But I'm guessing a convoluted approach of pushing here and pulling there and slowly trying to jimmy it back out. Good luck...

thank you so much mate, very helpful video. may Allah bless you

unfortunately i cannot for the life of me get those 3 phillips head screws loose. They are soft and are starting to strip so it looks like ill have to take the whole regulator out :(

@mrtgsy

7 жыл бұрын

Sven Lindroos have you checked that with a mirror? I thought exactly the same thing but they were fine. Those screws are quite strong.

@svenlindroos8830

7 жыл бұрын

weirdbeardmt yes, I taped a mirror to the inside of the door to see what I was doing .even cut a groove in one of the screws and tried a flat head but still no go. Gonna have to take the whole regulator out it seems ! Dagnabbit!

@BruckmannMartin

6 жыл бұрын

In my case there were no Phillips screws but 10mm hex bolts. May not be original, some hints (holes in plastic foil etc...) tell me this door has been opened before already. Took me some time to figure this out, after touch-searching the missing cross screw head holes.

Its NOT a Phillips head , its Japanese which are completely different ! The Japanese use what they call a JIS screw and that is why UK Phillips on tight screws destroy the head!

Subaru wants $700 to fix My window problem... 😂😭💀

Pull out the wood.