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patmac6075 05-21-10 12:12 PM

How do you remove the window crank?
 
Is there some sort of trick to removing the window crank? When I try to pry it off, the door panel flexes so I can't really get anything to push against.
Been working on this thing for about an hour....can't get it off!

mazdaverx713b 05-21-10 12:29 PM

first you have to remove the cap in the center. there is one phillips screw behind that cap. next, you need a special forked tool to "pop" the clip off that holds the crank to the gear. i've got a rag in there and worked it back and forth and popped the clips years back before i had the proper tool. the proper tools are SUPER cheap to buy and i reccomend buying one. just make sure you work around the crank 360 degrees until you find the spot that the clip sits in.

flight_of_pain 05-21-10 01:35 PM

With a light, look behind the crank at the clip. Position the handle so the clip's tang ends are pointed down. Take a rag/shop cloth/edge of your shirt, and slip it behind the handle and pull upwards on the edges (make a "V" with the handle at the bottom). Pull the ends of the cloth back and forth and the clip will pop right out.

Isaac

patmac6075 05-21-10 01:42 PM

Doh!

Was pretty simple once you explained it.

Thanks:dunce:

mazdaverx713b 05-24-10 05:32 AM

goes back together even eaiser! glad you got it figured out!!


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