How to Replace Window Regulators 2000-07 Chevy Monte Carlo
Created on: 2014-07-08
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a slow, stuck, cracked or damaged window regulator on 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07 Chevy Monte Carlo.
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step 1 :Removing the Door Panel
- Remove the Phillips head screw at the front top corner of the door panel
- Remove the Phillips head screw inside the door handle
- Remove the two T25 Torx screws under the pull handle
- Pry off the trim piece inside the door handle with a flat blade screwdriver
- Pry off the door lock switch while pulling up with a flat blade screwdriver
- Slide a putty knife into the side of the door panel and pry out on the clip
- Pull out sharply to release the clips around the door panel
- Lift the door panel up and pull it back
- Pull the speaker and switch panel harnesses free
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step 2 :Removing the Window Regulator
- Unclip the harness and pull the water shield back
- Pry out on adhesive on the foam block, make sure to keep the adhesive to the block
- Remove the two 10mm cable style regulator bolts
- Lift the window up and out
- Remove the two 10mm bolts from the window track
- Loosen the five 10mm bolts from the regulator
- Push in on the tab and pry down on the motor harness with a flat blade screwdriver
- Pull the window regulator out through the door
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step 3 :Install the New Regulator
- Swap the bolts from the old window regulator to the new one
- Reconnect the motor harness
- Tighten the seven 10mm bolts
- Remove the weatherstrip from the window
- Place the front of the window first, into the channel, and lower it until the top clears the frame
- Lower the window onto the regulator
- Insert the two 10mm bolts into the regulator bracket
- Insert the foam block and water shield into place
- Place the weatherstrip onto the window
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step 4 :Reinstalling the Door Panel
- Reconnect the speaker harness and switch pack harnesses
- Put the door panel down into the window sill
- Lineup and re-clip the door panel
- Reconnect the door lock switch into the door handle panel
- Replace the trim piece inside the door handle
- Tighten the Phillips head screw at the front top corner of the door panel
- Tighten the Phillips head screw inside the door handle
- Tighten the two T25 Torx screws under the pull handle
Tools needed
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Socket Extensions
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Putty Knife
10mm Socket
Ratchet
T25 Torx Driver
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace a window regulator on this 2003 Chevy Monte Carlo. We show you on the driver's side, but the passenger's side has a similar procedure. The items you'll need for this is a new window regulator from 1AAuto.com, a flat blade screwdriver, a Phillips screwdriver, a T25 Torx driver, a putty knife, a 10mm socket, and a ratchet.
Your door panel is held on with four screws. There's a Phillips screw here and a Phillips screw up here. Then down here, onto the pole handle, there are two T25 Torx screws. We'll just fast forward as Mike removes those. Pry out, behind this panel, the flat blade screwdriver, and then slide the panel forward and over the door handle. Then pry out on both sides of your door lock switch while pulling up on it. It should pull free.
There's an indent right here that you want to slide your putty knife into, and then just pry out on the clip. Then reach back behind the door panel and feel for the clips, and just pull out sharply to release the clips. Once you've release them all the way around, just lift the door panel up and then pull it back. Push the tab on this harness and pull it free. Do the same thing for this harness. Your door panel is free. Push on the tab on this harness and disconnect it. Unclip the harness from the door and pull it aside.
Carefully, without damaging the water shield, you want to just peel it back. Pry out on this clip, and then pry out on the adhesive on either side of this foam block. You want to make sure that you keep the adhesive to the block so you can stick it back into place later. If any of it peels off, make sure you push it back into place.
This is the cable style regulator, you can see right here. Usually, what happens is that the cable breaks and then you can actually just grab your window and move it up and down. You want to move it to a point where you can remove this bolt, and this bolt, that hold the regulator to the window. Lift your window up and out. Just remove these two bolts then loosen these five bolts. We'll fast forward as Mike removes and loosens those 10mm bolts. You want to grab your motor, lift it up, and push it through the door and then angle it so that you can see the harness connected to the motor. Using a flat blade screwdriver, just push in on the tab and pry down on the harness. Then, you can pull it free.
Unhook your regulator from the top of the door, then just angle it down and pull it out through the door. On the left is the old window regulator; on the right is the new one from 1A Auto. You can see they're identical and they'll fit exactly the same. What you want to do is swap over your bolts from your old regulator and motor over to your new regulator and motor. We'll fast forward as Mike does that. Feed your new regulator and motor into place. Just clip your motor back onto the door. Do the same with the regulator. Just push the harness back into place on the motor. We'll fast forward as Mike replaces and tightens up those two lower 10mm bolts and then tightens up the other five.
Pull off this weather strip. Put the front of the window in first, and make sure that the front goes into the channel. Then start lowering the top down. We have to lower it down until the top clears the top of the frame. Then make sure you push it in and rotate it back so that it gets into the weather strip off correctly. Once you have it in, you can just let it go up and down, and make sure it's nice and free. Then let it go down to the regulator.
There's two little clips here, just make sure that they're on this side of the regulator bracket, and just put your bolts in. Feed the foam block back into place and re-clip the top of it. We'll just fast forward as Mike replaces the cover around the handle and the water shield. Push your weather strip back into place. Reconnect this harness and re-clip it to the door. To reconnect your door panel, just start off by reconnecting these two harnesses. Just put this switch through here, and then line up these slots with these four tabs. Just lift the door panel up, and push those slots onto the tabs. Then just make sure the clips are wind up, and hit them into place around the sides of the door panel. Push your door lock switch back into this panel. Slide the panel over your interior door handle and slide it back into place. Then just replace those four screws, and you're all set.
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