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Does anyone know a place where I can get just a cable for my power window, rather than buy the whole assembly? I don't want to spend $60 for the assembly when the only bad part is one small cable. Thanks.

 

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I think you can get just the regulator without the motor, should be considerably cheaper than the reg/motor assembly. I would think that GM Parts direct would have that. I've never heard of just the cable by itself though.

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I don't think that you'll find just the cables... even on eBay!!

 

The cable is made into the regulator - the crimp ends and stops are crimped and installed after the assembly is near complete.

 

If you want to try the wire only swap, just go down to a big hardware store with a piece of the cable and buy a couple dozen feet. The problem you will have is making the stops that are welded? soldered? stamped? on at GM.

 

Good luck to ya' but I think that you'll be buying a new regulator. Good thing is that GM has now seperated the regulator and motor into 2 seperate parts.

 

Hope this helps.

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Yeah, I tried Ebay, Dealerships and junkyards before I posted here but noone would seperate the cables from the whole assembly. I already planned on making my own cable but thought I'd try here first. Thanks for the responses.

 

Perry

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Yeah, I tried Ebay, Dealerships and junkyards before I posted here but noone would seperate the cables from the whole assembly. I already planned on making my own cable but thought I'd try here first.  Thanks for the responses.

 

Perry

 

 

 

 

 

$ 60.00 is CHEAP for the regulator & motor

 

I have replaced the front winow regulator assy. 3 times my self and the dealer 2 times under warr. on my '99 Jeep Grand cherokee. I pay $ 74.00 for assy. after discount for them.

 

The last time I replaced I had saved enough previous parts to repair at no cost.

 

the plastic roller parts turn brittle and break causing the cable to wrap beyond the normal stop location on the cable drum. the drum them becomes jamed and the cable gets bent and jams even worse.

 

I looked high and low for cables and various parts in the past with no luck. beleave it or not I found that the dealer was cheaper (after discount) than buying local or internet "rebuilt" regulator assy. (they wanted any where from $ 90.00 to $ 120.00) PLUS i get a 1 year warr. from Jeep on the part.

 

I have not had to replace any on my GMC and hope not to.

 

Then there was the Nissan Maxima That between the dealer & Myself I replace all 4 window regulators 2 times each! (can you say bend over and pay a BIG chunk of change)......that was my last foreign vehicle....Oh the Jeep is my last chrysler product also.....

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Yeah, I tried Ebay, Dealerships and junkyards before I posted here but noone would seperate the cables from the whole assembly. I already planned on making my own cable but thought I'd try here first.  Thanks for the responses.

 

Perry

 

 

 

 

 

$ 60.00 is CHEAP for the regulator & motor

 

I have replaced the front winow regulator assy. 3 times my self and the dealer 2 times under warr. on my '99 Jeep Grand cherokee. I pay $ 74.00 for assy. after discount for them.

 

The last time I replaced I had saved enough previous parts to repair at no cost.

 

the plastic roller parts turn brittle and break causing the cable to wrap beyond the normal stop location on the cable drum. the drum them becomes jamed and the cable gets bent and jams even worse.

 

I looked high and low for cables and various parts in the past with no luck. beleave it or not I found that the dealer was cheaper (after discount) than buying local or internet "rebuilt" regulator assy. (they wanted any where from $ 90.00 to $ 120.00) PLUS i get a 1 year warr. from Jeep on the part.

 

I have not had to replace any on my GMC and hope not to.

 

Then there was the Nissan Maxima That between the dealer & Myself I replace all 4 window regulators 2 times each! (can you say bend over and pay a BIG chunk of change)......that was my last foreign vehicle....Oh the Jeep is my last chrysler product also.....

 

 

 

 

What would you expect from a Chrysler?

Perry Enthusiast

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There was a whole assembly on Ebay last Sunday that sold for $40. I should have bid on it but at that time I didn't know I couldn't get just the cables. For now I'm just going to spend $5 on the pieces to make a new cable and see how it works out. If the new cable doesn't hold its own, then I will buy one of those assemblies on Ebay for $60.

 

Perry

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