Window regulator teeth repair

[200272]

Hi can the teeth wheel be replaced on the window regulator?

I tried welding and grinding new ones and they only lasted a short while.

As the driver window nears the top of the window all these teeth are knackered

TiA

 

[tdgray]

Generally teeth in a gear are carburized. This is a heat treating / coating process that hardens the teeth so that they do not do what you are experiencing which is premature wearing.

You would most likely have to find someone to do this process for you. But you seem like a pretty resourceful person and you may be able to somewhat replicate the process (only to a degree). Google carburizing.

 

[Honolulu]

IIRC although the teeth get worn, this is the extreme condition and on the window regulators I've messed with, the center hole is elongated to the point where at the end of travel, it doesn't hold the gears together. Given access to a welder, this could be fixed by welding a heavy washer or two to carry the axle load, or putting some filler metal in the elongated hole and grinding it to the proper diameter. Not that I've ever done either of these, but suffered several wornout window regulators in my 2002 days.