The pin that activates the rocking metal do-hickey (yup, I'm a ford engineer, haha) keeps dying on me. I resorted to replacing it with wood (I dont care to pay $65 to replace the whole unit). I have to wiggle the switch to get the window to go up.

Anyway, has anyone found a good solution for this window switch issue? It sorta bugs.

 

Shosty, if you look around the forums a little bit or search you might find the answer to your issue. I just bought a 2005 F150 XLT 3 weeks ago or so and this was one of the first issues I noticed. I browsed the forums a little bit and found a nice thread about taking the switches out and sanding the contacts.

Mine were burnt from arching I presume. I had a cone shaped sanding tool for my cordless dremel that fit in the tiny spaces and removed 90% or better of the burn marks. My windows now work great.

I'm also getting a little bit of squeaking when running the windows up, and I already noticed a thread about removing the interior door panel and lubing up a couple of pulleys with chain lube or something similar.

This forum is AWESOME. Worth paying for, actually.

 

If you read his post, it seems that what he's asking about is the "pin" that fits between the control button and the "rocking contact", not the actual contact. It's easy to get the "rocker button" out so that you can sand the contact on it and the contact on the assy. (where the contact is made to run the window up and down) I took my SIL's out a couple of weeks ago and took it all apart and sanded all the contacts with 400 grit paper. Doesn't take much to cause them to start acting up.

 

How exactly does it die on you? If you replaced it with a piece of wood (don't really understand how you did that). Isn't the pin that contacts the "rocking contact" spring loaded??? I am assuming you have taken it all the way apart and sanded ALL the contacts so they are good and clean, or is that assumption like most assumptions, wrong??? Need a little more detail to help you.

 

enlighten me on how u plan on replacing it with a piece of wood lol

 

I swapped it out with one of the rear window pieces. This way there is a back up solution for that window. Temporary, but it saves me $65 for a couple more years.

 

Contacts cleaned each time I've taken the whole POS apart (maybe could use cleaning again), I'll try that.
It's the middle spring loaded POS plastic pin that wore down. I replaced it with wood
I've thought about that, but I dont want back windows jacked.