Hi all,
The driver's window on my 1988 760 does not go to the top and never has... it gets to within about 1/4 to 1/8 of an inch and then the motor starts skipping (buh-buh-buh-buh) and it won't go any higher.
I took the door panel off and discovered that the semicircular metal gear that the motor engages has had the last 4-5 teeth stripped off.
As I doubt there is any way to repair that stripped gear I'd like to replace it but I haven't been able to find anything on eBay except the whole window regulator. I don't know of any convenient wreckers (there's an overpriced one 90 minutes away where they do the pulling) so I'm trying to find another solution.
My questions:
- Can this gear exist separately or be removed from the rest of the regulator or is it stamped into place?
- Can the regulator from the rear door either yield this part or the entire regulator in a swap?
- Can the regulator (or this part) be substituted from another vehicle (the 740 seems so similar to the 760)?
Thanks, blurp