MegaMorsels

R33 is looking good!

I really wish I had been here about 4 or 5 years ago. Then I could afford the R34 I actually wanted. Now? Not a chance. $60K+ for a 20 year old car is a huge pill to swallow. I suppose we have Fast and the Furious to thank for that haha. Thanks for the compliments. I spent quite a bit of time trying to find one with as few mods as possible. After going to the Tokyo Auto Salon a couple of weekends ago, now I'm burning to do some upgrades haha!

When I disconnected the window from the regulator, it seems to slide without resistance all the way up and down the track. My best guess is that the gears in the motor assembly have failed. I'll update when I get the new motor in and installed.

I just placed an order for a new motor assembly. Part number was 80730-22U01 and from what I could tell on the catalog, it included the motor and reduction worm drive gearbox that you are describing. At least, I really hope that it does for the amount of money it cost...

I'll happily send a container full of parts, if you send me a container full of money, haha. Parts here are EXPENSIVE! I was told that Skylines were pricey but, wow, I didn't expect to be paying $430 for a window motor and $150 for a single trunk support shock. I had to get at least one stereotypical cherry blossom photo shoot in. The train zooming past in the background was a bonus. :-).

Thanks for the insight. I just went and reinstalled the assembly and it's back to doing the same thing. Jarring clicking noise at about half way up. The noise makes me think that 1) the teeth of the motor are slipping on the teeth of the regulator or 2) the motor has failed internally and something inside is slipping and causing the noise. I'm leaning toward the motor because the teeth on the regulator are clean and undamaged. I'd expect to see some wear or scraping on the teeth if that were the problem. I've attached a couple of videos showing what I mean. I guess all I can do is buy a new motor and hope for the best. window.mp4 window inside.mp4

Thanks for the warm welcome guys!

Hey everyone! I've been the proud owner of a 1995 Skyline GT-R Vspec for almost a year and I'm approaching a time where I can start upgrading and customizing the car to my liking. I also have had to repair a few things on the car including my current problem with the driver side window regulator. I'm and American currently living in Japan. When I move back to the states, this baby is coming with me. I'm hoping to learn more about these cars and share what little I do know with the group. Thanks!

Hello all. I'm hoping someone with a bit of experience can chime in on an issue I'm having with my driver side window regulator. I'll try to be concise as it's a bit of a long story. I have a 1995 R33 GT-R. About a month ago, when raising my driver side window, when the window reached end of travel, it started to make a loud, jarring clicking noise. Honestly, it was loud enough to scare the sh*t out of me. I immediately hit the down button and lowered the window a bit to get it to stop. When this happened, I had used the auto-up function, so as far as I know, it probably would have kept clicking away indefinitely. I raised the window back up and it did not happen again. For the next couple of weeks, I watched it closely and the clicking did not re-appear until about 2 weeks later. It only happened when putting the window up. Another week goes by and I when I tried to raise the window, it went about half way and died. I was able to assist the window up the rest of the way by pulling the glass up. The next day, it completely died and would no longer go down at all. Today, I pulled the door panel off and removed the regulator with motor attached. With the regulator and motor not connected to anything, I plugged it back into the harness and tried hitting the switch up and down. Nothing but the faint wine of the motor pushing against what seems like a lot of resistance. I then removed the motor from the regulator and tried again. Now, the motor is working fine in both directions. I thoroughly inspected the regulator and it seems to be in ok shape. No broken teeth on the gear and all the parts move freely with little resistance. I even used a pair of pliers on the motor while I switched it on (to provide end of window travel like resistance) and I could not reproduce the awful clicking noise. I reinstalled the motor on the regulator and it seems to be working fine now. I'm a bit weary to reinstall the unit without determining what exactly caused the issue. I suppose the motor could have a dead spot, which would explain it dying at one spot and then working again once I took it apart. But, that doesn't explain the clicking. Here in Japan, a new motor is about $430 USD and a new regulator is about $150 USD. I'd hate to buy a new motor for that much just to have the same issue happen again, but I don't see anything wrong with the regulator to justify replacing it. Does anyone have any experience with the symptoms I experienced and what you ended up replacing? Thanks!