Couple Door window motor questions....

[alchemist]

OK, I bought the three little roller plugs and installed them into my Ford (original) window motor. Feeding those damn motor bolts thru the drilled out holes in the interior door skin and then guessing where the motor was was tough, with just one person. My son helped me line up the motor holes with the regulator holes and we finally got it installed. Couple of questions for those of you who have replaced or repaired window motors:

1. With the door trim off and just testing the window function up and down, do you notice that when you hold the button in the 'down' position and the window is at its lower most travel, the door bows out slightly? Is this normal? Is there an adjustment to prevent this?

2. I accidentally tightened, not to high torque, but fairly tight, the window motor mounting bolts before testing whether the motor gear and regulator gear were 'meshed'. When I first hit the window switch, I heard a pop and then everything acted normal (window worked well up and down several cycles. Did i hurt anything?


Thanks everyone...

RT

[86VickyLX]

No that's normal. The doors are pretty flimsy.

[alchemist]

Thanks! I did also notice that working the motor back and forth a few times loosened the bolts (after tightening with a nut driver). So i tightened them to about spec. (e.g. 80 inch-lbs). Seemed to do the trick. I don't want those bastards loosening up on me! I used a plop of grease on the bolt head to help hold the bolt in the socket when inserting thru the door. Perhaps some of the grease worked its way onto the threads.

[sly]

my driver door bows some even with all the paneling on (on my 88 - dunno about the other doors... I don't typically sit next to them).

[86VickyLX]

I notice my mirror moved more on my original drivers door than it does with the one I replaced it with. This door is more solid and has very little rust.

[87gtVIC]

They all do that...across the ford platform of those years...dads 85 gt does it as well.

[1990LTD]

my doors are 100% rust free and they do the flexy thing when the window goes up all the way

[sly]

the only exception in my garage in the 82 Mark. I dunno why, but I can't see any flex in that coupe's doors. The fenders is another story... but the doors are very stout.