Re: !956 Power window electric motor
Posted by HH56 On 2016/3/10 13:54:30
I am a firm believer of taking as much of the load out of those switches as possible. Even if the new motor is less it is still a fair amount of current -- particularly if the motor is in stall at the top or bottom.
One side of the switch contact is a healthy piece of metal and for whatever reason the switch designer chose to make the other side a tiny button. That button slides against the fixed contact and arcs when it makes the connection and again as it breaks. Most of the switches fail at that small contact point as the tiny bits of metal burn away.
As Craig found when he had to repair his switch there were either different vendors or maybe different year switches intermixed. The differences are enough that parts are not necessarily interchangeable between switches. With several others having had failed switches over the last year or two that is another of those items that will be getting in short supply. Might as well preserve it if there is a chance.
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One side of the switch contact is a healthy piece of metal and for whatever reason the switch designer chose to make the other side a tiny button. That button slides against the fixed contact and arcs when it makes the connection and again as it breaks. Most of the switches fail at that small contact point as the tiny bits of metal burn away.
As Craig found when he had to repair his switch there were either different vendors or maybe different year switches intermixed. The differences are enough that parts are not necessarily interchangeable between switches. With several others having had failed switches over the last year or two that is another of those items that will be getting in short supply. Might as well preserve it if there is a chance.
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