Milling a tiny part for my Jeep WJ window lift that was broken.
Originally shared by Henrik Larsen
Min 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ kunne ikke mere rulle ruden op en dag. Det må jo fikses. Efter at have skilt døren ad kunne jeg få rude hejset ud og undersøge årsagen. Efter at have skilt det ad, kunne jeg se at en lille plasticdel var knækket.
Jeg prøvede først at lime det med glasfiber armeret tokomponent plastic. Men det holdt kun til nogle få gange. Forfra igen.
Jeg designede derefter en komponent som skulle erstatte den knækkede del. Jeg valgte at fræse den på min lille CNC i noget industrielt plastic, vist nok kaldt POM.
For at styrke plastikken bukkede jeg et støtte beslag i metal som både styrker plastikken men også holder sammen på det hele. Se videoen.
That’s nice. But the thing is that the cable guides will wear out soon and the cable will fray, as they do on all the newer power windows. And as much trouble as it is to get that piece out, you’d do better to replace the whole thing…
Course you should use it. Plus playing is how I try to learn most everything. But in this case, it’s the labor involved getting to the part. Kind of like my ole vette in that once I got it up off the ground, it stayed off for about three weeks while I changed and swapped out nearly every part I could because they’re such a pain to get up and to work on as everything’s packed in so tight…
Actually it only takes about 15-20 minutes to get the lift system out our in. It’s the repair that takes a lot of time. Anyway I also learned more about how my car works.
In general I always try to repair stuff before I replace. That includes any house, car or household or IT issue. It’s better on the environment as well as on my bank account.
