My sunroof doesn't open. The motor runs and it will crack open the right side about 2 in' but the left side doesn't even budge. Ii obvious that its stuck, but what normally causes them to get stuck like that. I have read on this forum and elsewhere that the sunroof getting jammed was somewhat common issue. any info on this would be great.

Joe

 

Try pushing up on it when the motor is running..

Something similar happened to me, and thats all I did and it fixed the problem!

 

greese the tracks, put a fine film of oil on the seal, and to get it open do what^ he said.

 

what is the best grease to use on these?? I have to get mine greased up too but dont know what is best to use on it

 

okay i will try pushing up on it tomorrow.

joe

 

i am not recomending doing this at all..but i cleaned my tracks with a cloth then heavily sprayed it with wd 40 and cleaned anymore debris i could...it then didnt work for a day or so and since then its fine....i think the wd 40 had to evaporate

 

its a bad idea to use wd40 that attracts more grime. the sunroof has a chain on each side that runs through its own tube to the motor that pulls them through. the chains gum and freeze up pretty easy. the only real way to fix it is to drop the sun roof out and get the chains out of the tubes. then scrub the chains down, and swab the tubes spotless. then lube every pice of moving metal with lithium grease.

 

okay thanx stevensimon that sounds like what i should do so then i woudl have made sure that it wouldn't happen again.

joe

 

Suggest you look at this thread. I had the same problem. The key is a stuck sun roof because of crud is not a fix with only one person tapping/pushing from the inside. Read my comments on this thread. Good luck.

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...threadid=86339