Window Motor Help

[my95z28]

My window motor blows, I'm sick of it so I decided to change it. Got door panel, etc taken off but don't know where to go from there. The only install guide tells me to drill thru my door to get to the motor rivets. Ok, where do I drill thru? Any one help please?

[Derek]

My window motor blows, I'm sick of it so I decided to change it. Got door panel, etc taken off but don't know where to go from there. The only install guide tells me to drill thru my door to get to the motor rivets. Ok, where do I drill thru? Any one help please?

guide should show you exactly where the rivets are, Just look for the rivets holding the window motor and drill them out.. Should be pretty obvious what the metal circle little rivets are. then just put the new window motor in and put bolts/nuts through the holes and attach.

PS this doesnt happen to be your passenger window does it? If it is I highly reccommend doing the autotrix passenger window rewire kit. It speeds up the motor A LOT. I replaced my passenger side once and after less than a year it was slow already, did the rewire kit and the thing flys now, it goes up faster than my perfectly good drivers side motor. I HIGHLY reccommend.

[s.reef]

The autotrix kit is awesome...if the guide doesnt have pics google it and yu can easily find one that does.

[OIF1VET]

Not sure what guide you're using, I used this one.. Has some pics to give you an idea where the rivets are.. And if you miss, no big deal, no one will ever know but you..
http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor.html

[my95z28]

thanks Larry, that was actually the one I was using, but I printed it off and I must have missed a few pages, lol

[OIF1VET]

thanks Larry, that was actually the one I was using, but I printed it off and I must have missed a few pages, lol

No problem Kyle.. Have fun..

[my95z28]

UPDATE: I'm doing this right now and got all the way to drilling out the rivets, but before I got all the way through one of them it started spinning and I can't drill anymore cause it just turns with the drill bit. Any suggestions?

[OIF1VET]

UPDATE: I'm doing this right now and got all the way to drilling out the rivets, but before I got all the way through one of them it started spinning and I can't drill anymore cause it just turns with the drill bit. Any suggestions?

Take a punch and knock it out.. As long as you got started drilling shouldn't take much to knock it out(make sure the punch is smaller than the drill you were using)...

[my95z28]

Thanks Larry! Worked great. It's in and working fine now. Left the door panel off so that I can get some locktite on the nuts tomorrow.

[OIF1VET]

Thanks Larry! Worked great. It's in and working fine now. Left the door panel off so that I can get some locktite on the nuts tomorrow.

Cool, glad you got it out!!

[tenpin842]

I would suggest riviting them back on.

Unless you know 100% those bolts are the right size and they are tight enough.

I had to change the one on my 94 Firebird. The person who changed the motor before me just bolted it in. Yeah, it was loose and all my holes were oblonged. (door being fiberglass) I had to drill 1 size bigger and use bigger rivets to hold it in place.

Rivets are the way to go IMO. If you have that option.

[MORNINGSTAR2101]

congrats on a successful fbody window motor swap!

[OIF1VET]

I would suggest riviting them back on.

Unless you know 100% those bolts are the right size and they are tight enough.

I had to change the one on my 94 Firebird. The person who changed the motor before me just bolted it in. Yeah, it was loose and all my holes were oblonged. (door being fiberglass) I had to drill 1 size bigger and use bigger rivets to hold it in place.

Rivets are the way to go IMO. If you have that option.

Agreed, I riveted mine back in.. I told him he should rivet his as well, but I was out voted by everyone else which is why he went with the bolts...

[Derek]

Agreed, I riveted mine back in.. I told him he should rivet his as well, but I was out voted by everyone else which is why he went with the bolts...

my motor came with the nuts and bolts so I used those. My holes drilled when removing rivets were almost the perfect size though, got them nice and tight and im not even gonna worry about it. Two years later it works perfect yet..
If im remembering right it may have even had locking washers too?

[my95z28]

I only did the window motor, so I was drilling the rivets out of the steel bracket that the window motor is attached to so I figured bolts would be fine. Although I think that your right, if I had taken them out of the fiberglass I would have riveted them back in. One thing I have to recommend is to wear a longsleeve shirt, I am SOOOO itchy today, lol.