Auto Repair : How to Remove Window Cranks on Cars Video

In order to remove window cranks on cars, it may be necessary to remove the door panel or to service components inside the door. Find out how to obtain a window crank removal tool with help from an auto mechanic in this free video on auto repair.

Expert: J.B. Hebert
Contact: www.wrxtra.com
Bio: J.B. Hebert is a machinist, metal fabricator, and auto mechanic who has been fixing and modifying all things mechanical for over 20 years.
Filmmaker: David Pakman

Very? Good ...
Very? Good Demonstration! Thanks!!!

The cloth method is ...
The cloth method is the best. Easiest and? no fear of damaging or scratching anything.

What about removing ...
What about removing chrome ones? Is? it the same mechanism?

small and long ...
small and long allen? keys will do the trick too !

Thank? you very ...
Thank? you very much for this video!!!!!!!!!!!!

the shirt trick ...
the shirt trick wouldnt work for me, the paper clip way didnt work, i got an idea from another? guys vid that had made a crank removal tool out of sheet metal, so with no sheet metal i find another suitable substitute, i cut about a 3/4 inch sq square out of a blank data cd, used like the tool, worked perfect, so was suggesting you make a vid showing it cuz i have no camera and it was just great

Thank You! this was ...
Thank You! this was VERY? useful

I was just out in ...
I was just out in my garage for about 30 minutes trying to? take the door panel off my car to replace the stock speakers... I ended up trying to pry out the window crank with a couple screwdrivers and then I finally searched how to do it properly... thank you so much. Hopefully i didn't damage the crank too badly lol

awesome. thanks!? ...
awesome. thanks!? couldn't figure how to do this when i had to replace some crappy blown stock speakers

Thank you. I needed ...
Thank you. I needed to replace? the lock on my door and could not figure out how to get the crank off.

Thanks mate. Helped ...
Thanks mate. Helped a bit.? I ended up just using a cloth which eventually got it off. I bought that tool in the movie, cost me around $5 from supercheapauto, but it didn't work >< Cloth alternative was just epic though.

this helps sooo ...
this helps sooo much, i? couldnt get mine off

Could you please ...
Could you please upload a video on how to remove the actual crank assembly for a jeep wrangler 99 full steel door? My crank ball joints (if it has them) sounds all grindy. I need to replace it... Is there any way while I am at it to replace with Power window modulators? Please make a video on that...... Also, Could you make a video on how to take the lock cylinder out of a 99 jeep Wrangler door? The steel appears to be one solid piece.. Perhaps if I put up the window? Thanks. ?

thanks so much! ...
thanks so much! very? helpful video

I just found a ...
I just found a youtube video which showed another way of removing the window crank without using any special tool. It is by sliding a rag between the door panel and the crank, hard enough to force open the C clip and thus the crank itself. It is a very good method because? you don't have to have that special metal tool shown in this video. I have gone to my DIY hardware shop and this tool was not sold there.

Thanks so much for ...
Thanks so much for posting your video. It has? helped me to remove the window crank of my car so that I could replace a broken plastic lock tab. My car is a 1992 Mitsubishi Lancer model and the C clip of the window crank or winder was positioned 180 degrees to what is shown in this video. The open section of the clip was facing the long crank arm. I removed it by squeezing my fingers into the crank and pushing the C clip open.

Elusiveity - yes, ...
Elusiveity - yes, you can either use a very thin scredriver or you could bend a piece of stiff coat-hanger as well. ? I ended up buying the tool (it's been a while but I think it was less than $10.00) but before I bought the tool I just used one of my very small Sears Craftsman screwdrivers. The tool makes it easier but it's not a necessity. Just remember that you're trying to push the spring clamp that's on there out of the grooves in the crank shaft. I hope this is helpful.

Thanks for the help ...
Thanks for the help, however not everyone has access to a proper tool for removing window cranks. Is there a backyard-alternative? (Something like,? specifically shaped chicken wire, etc.)

dude stfu this vid ...
dude stfu this vid kicks? arse.

thank god for this. ...
thank god for this. i spent? two days trying to figure this out with my dad

Great, this is what ...
Great, this is what I am looking for!?

Thank you much. I ...
Thank you much. I had no idea how to? do this and I need to!

lots of help had to ...
lots of help had to get to the speakers?

OPEN YOUR EYES WHEN ...
OPEN YOUR EYES WHEN YOU SPEAK!? thats really distracting when someone is talking to you with their eyes closed.