1996 GMC Suburban C2500 Front Driver & Passenger Side 2 Piece Window Regulator Kit TRQ WRA53212

Now, before we start this job, it's important to make sure that you have your window in the up position, it's going to make it much easier overall. So, to start getting the door panel off of here, we're going to need to remove some stuff. You're going to have a couple of little plugs here. Those are covering some Phillips head screws. So, I like to just pop those out with my flat-head screwdriver. Now, we're going to use our trim tool and we're going to remove this outer plastic piece here. To do that, there's going to be a little clip hidden inside there, there, and over here. So, I'm just going to start right along here. Continuing with our plastic trim tool, we're going to lift up on this plastic piece here starting from the rear. There we are. Let's disconnect all this wiring. The switch right here, just pull that right out of there.

The next thing you're going to want to do is remove this area right here. Yours is probably going to have a nice lens cover over it. Ours is broken. You just kind of come right down along the corner here and you should be able to pop it off. Then we're going to disconnect the wire. Lift up on that. Separate the two. Now, we're just going to use a little forkey tool, remove this push clip right here. Now, we'll move along up to here. Now, we're going to remove this piece right here. It should pretty much just lift straight up and out. There we are. Now, let's continue with our trim tool. We're going to come right down along the bottom of the door panel, and try to break it free. Remove the wiring down in here. Okay. Lift straight up on it and remove the panel.

So, the next thing you'd want to do is slide this. There's a little area right here that looks as though it should have a screw. Ours does not, but if there is one, just remove that. And then once you do, you should be able to slide this and then draw it away. Right behind here, you're going to see the rods that run right along here and connect over there. We're going to disconnect them from the backside of this. Let's pull this out to where we can see. I can see this rod. I'm just going to come down with my nice small screwdriver and just try to separate these two parts. There we are. Do the same to the other one, of course. Next, it's going to be time to remove the speaker. There should be a screw here and there. Ours are missing. But remove those two screws. And then right here, there's a little tab, push on this, and then you should be able to pull the speaker away from the panel itself. Now, we're going to disconnect the wiring that goes to it right there.

Let's tape up this window. The next thing we're going to do is start carefully pulling this plastic bag. And this is so that we can get to all the wiring because we want to make sure that we can disconnect it and have it nice and safe after we take off this panel. There we go. That looks pretty decent. So, now, we're going to remove this plate right here. You're going to notice that there's a whole bunch of these mounting bolts right there. They come all the way around. All of them are the same in exception of the one right here. We're going to carefully try to move this around just to see if it breaks free. You want to keep in mind that the window regulator is mounted to this plate and the window regulator also is attached to the glass up here. It has a couple of little rollers that are going to go into a track. So, if we were to pull this down, we could, of course, pull a tug on the window, which might pull it down. The window's glass, so, obviously, you want to wear eye protection. Safety is the number one concern.

The next thing we need to do is remove the rivets that are holding the window regulator to this panel. You can do that with something like this, with a drill and a nice drill bit. Or you can do it with something like this with a nice cutoff wheel. Obviously, if you use a cutoff wheel, you might, you know, nick this area around here a couple of times, in which case, you would just paint over it and it's not that big of a deal. That looks pretty good. I'll punch the rest of that out.

Hammer and punch right for the center. Okay. Those popped out. One more here. There we are. The window regulator can move around. If you look right through here on the panel, you're going to see where the rods kind of are secured to the panel itself. You should be able to push those away. There's one right over here as well. Awesome. Let's remove that bolt. So, now, you have the rod that comes through this right here. We're just going to pull that right down. Okay. This is looking good. Now, we're just going to let this dangle. Obviously, you want to make sure you don't put any weight on any of the wires. We don't want to give this any tugs. We're going to grab onto the window regulator. Just slide it towards the front. And then we should be able to kind of pull it down. Assuming I can get it out of there. So, now, we just need to disconnect the wiring for it. Squeeze right there and draw it off. There's the window regulator, friends.

The next thing we're going to do is connect in our new window regulator, and we're going to put on our window switch here so we can function it. You want to have the key in the on position. And at this point, you want to be super careful. Of course, we have our eye protection and our hand protection. When we go to power up this window regulator here, there's a possibility that this is going to spin. Well, it's a probability that this is going to spend, but there's a possibility you could have your hands in a very dangerous spot. So, what you need to do is just pay special attention to make sure you're not in any pinch points.

With the window regulator connected in, you can see that you have your two rollers that are facing in the same direction and then you have one that is not. The two that are facing in the same direction are going to be the two that go up inside the upper channel up here. So, what we're going to do now is we're going to put the first one through and then we'll put the second one through and we'll let the window regulator hang just like this. The next thing you would want to do is take your panel, put it up on there to the approximate area where it's supposed to go. If you want to put in a couple of screws for good measure, it couldn't hurt just to hold it up there so you don't get hurt. And then what we need to do is carefully put our hands behind here and we're going to see if we can get the bolt holes to line up. I can see one there, I can see one over here.

These all look like they're pretty close. So, I'm going to go with them just like that. But like I said, if they're not lined up, what you're going to need to do is be super careful for any pinch points. And you're going to need to adjust the window regulator either up or down to get it so everything lines up perfectly. So, now that we have that lined up, let's get this disconnected again and out of the way. We have the key power off. There's no way that this motor can function. We're going to get our hands back in there now. I'm just going to lift this up a little bit. I'm going to slide it back out of its track that we set it into. And I'm just going to let it hang for a second.

The next thing we need to do is get these rods. These are going to go in between the window regulator and the panel itself. Something else that I want to show you before I put the panel up is this wheel right here is going to go inside the track that's on the inside of this door panel right there, okay? This little piton right here is going to go inside of this piece right there through the bottom. This is all going to be inside the door panel, so it's going to be hard to see. So, I'm trying to let you know ahead of time what's going on. This goes in the track, this goes in the piton there, okay? We'll lift this up. Get this thing so it's kind of sitting where it's going to need to go. I'm just kind of resting the rods up here. We're hopefully they'll stay for a minute.

Now, I'm going to get everything else lined up. Get this back inside of its groove. Just make sure that the two wheels up on top are sitting inside the groove where they need to roll. That feels perfect. Rollers are up here, rolls back up. I'm going to put the one with the piton in now, slide that right up and in there. The other rod is going to ride right underneath that one. So, we'll just put them both, so they're kind of up here for now. So, now that we have the window regulator and the rods lined up perfectly, we're just going to take this, I'm going to put one bolt in, lift up on the panel, make sure that these ears go over the panel that's on the door there. Should sit right in there. I'm going to slide my window regulator around till I can find my rivet holes. We've got one there, there, there, and there. Perfect.

The next thing we're gonna need some of these right here. Nice, beautiful rivets. These are 1/4-inch. We're going to need four of them. Slide that in and through there. I like to start them all in before I tighten any of them up. That way there, I know that it lines up overall. Now, before you rivet this in, it's important to double, triple, quadruple check to make sure you have everything on the inside of this door panel set up right. You need to have the rollers in the channel up along the top. You need to have the roller in the channel that runs along here. You need to have the rods sitting inside the little piton area on that unit that I showed you, and coming up in this direction here so you can get to them. Once you've done that, you also want to make sure that the wiring for the window regulator is plugged in, and then we can continue on by using this right here and putting in these rivets to hold the window regulator to the panel.

Just make sure the rivets don't fall out. All right. That's a good sound. It means we're at the end of that rivet. At that point, you can, of course, trim off the excess. We'll do the same to all.

The next thing we're going to do is cut off these little ends here. I like to use my cutoff tool. I'm just going to come along the top here and put in a few of these bolts to try to hold this panel still for a minute, and then we're going to test the window regulator ahead of time before we continue on any further. That way there, if there's any problems, we can fix it now. Click this in. Get the key in the on position. I'm going to try not to tear this tape because I might have to reuse it. I'm hoping that I won't, but we'll see. Beautiful. The window is going up and down the track perfectly straight. It's going down when I tell it to go down, it stops when I tell it to stop, and it goes up when I tell it to go up. This is perfect. Let's get the tape off of here and continue.

So, now, let's check to make sure that these rods are working perfectly for the latch and, of course, for the handle. I'm going to start with this inner one. I'm going to pull the rod that has the little piton that goes to the locking mechanism inside here, the electronic locking mechanism. I'm going to pull that towards the front of the door. That's the unlock position. Now, I'm going to grab that other rod and I'm gonna push this up. This is simulating that the door is in the shut position. I'm going to pull on that rod and this should come down. That means that I can open the door now. Let's go ahead and shut that door. I'm going to do it again, give the rod pull. Awesome. Okay. Flip it back up. Now, I'm going to take that first rod with the piton for the locking mechanism. I'm going to push it towards the latches. Let's pull on that same rod that's going to work this mechanism here.

Okay. That is not working. So, now what I'm going to do is I'm going to pull on this other rod, the locking rod, and now, I'll pull on the latch rod again. That works great. Let's do the same over here. I'm gonna grab this outer handle. Right now, I'm in the unlocked position. So, I'm going to put pressure on this, pull on that, and it releases. Door's shut. I'm going to lock it. Push on this, pull on the outer handle. Okay. It's locked. I unlocked it. Awesome. This works perfectly. Let's continue. So, now that we know that everything functions as it should, we can continue on by bolting in the play here or the door panel. We're going to use all of our little bolts and just go right along in the outer area. I'm just going to start them in and then I'll snug them all up once I get all the way around. Awesome.

Just reaching here, we're going to grab the wire for the speaker. Connect it in. Make sure we don't have anything on the magnet here. If you were to look at the speaker, you're going to see a little tab there and then there should be one here. We're going to come at an angle and slide them right into these little grooves here. Should slide in. Pretend that they're both in, press it, it should click right in. So, now, you would just, of course, want to get this back on here. For us, it's not gonna stick. You can get yourself some butyl tape and get it to all stick back on there. It's probably a great idea.

Now, it's going to be time to install the inside door handle. If you were to look at the backside, you're going to see an area right here for the door handle rod and then an area right here for the lock rod. You can grab those rods, I'm going to line them up. You can start with whichever one works best for you. I'll go with the one that's farthest away because I'll have the most amount of flexing action. Make sure it clicks in and it does not fall out. If it falls out, you have an issue. Next, I'm going to do the lock or the handle one. Obviously, it's very hard to get the right angle. Okay. I got it lined up. I'm just gonna squeeze it right in there. Give it a nice tug. Make sure it does not fall out. Now, we're just going to take this unit, we're going to press it up so it's up against the panel and it's sitting in the grooves, and then we'll slide it towards the latch.

So, now, for good measure, I'm just gonna throw a rivet right in here, you could try to put a nut and a bolt and reach your hand back through there if you have to. Okay. That's nice and tight. I'll just cut this off now. So, we're just going to get this in here. Should have a nice little cover over it. So, now, it's gonna be time to get the door panel back on. If you were to feel right down along here, you're going to feel there's a ridge. That's going to sit right over along the top of this. And then, of course, you have all these little push tabs that are going to go inside of all these holes after we've done that. Let's grab our wiring, get that all ready. I'm going to click this in because now is the time to do it before I get this together. I've got my wires in my hand, I'm just going to kind of pull those through. Let's get this up onto here. Okay. Look to make sure your pieces all line up. There we are. Trying to get the cover on here. Let's make sure our door's unlocked. This should slide right over.

A couple of loving bonks, that feels good. Let's get this area back on. Now, it's going to be time to get this reinstalled back into the door panel. We'll connect in our speaker wire, super important. We've got our mirror wire, click it in, give it a tug. Get my wires situated here. I'm going to turn this. Slide it right in. This one, slides right in. Everything is nice and secured. You want to make sure the speaker wire is going through this slot and not over here. Otherwise, it could get a pinch coming across there. To install this, you're going to notice you have a hooky-do right here towards the front area, and then you have your clips right here that are going to latch right there. That being said, come in high and put in the front area first of the hooky-do. And then right here, give it a nice push. A couple of loving bonks. Perfect. We don't want to forget about this. You've got your little clip here, and as you can tell, it slides down. You also have your hooky-dos there that are going to ride along this ridge right there. Come up nice and high, push in, slide down. Give it a nice tug. Make sure it does not rattle around and it's not falling off. We need a little clip right here. Now, it's time to get these two screws into the handle area here. Make sure it's nice and tight. Don't forget about your little covers in whichever hole you want, nothing special.

Now, it's going to be time to test our work. So, you want to make sure you have the key in the on position, the vehicle does not have to be running. Let's go ahead and try to put this window down and then back up. The battery's a little low in this vehicle. Perfect. Passenger side, oh yeah. Let's go ahead and test the mirror. Right side. Yeah. Awesome.