Frayed window motor cable Options

[shift94]

So over this past weekend, after going out for a drive and coming back home my driver side window made a crunching type noise going up. After taking the door panel off, i realized that the cable that raises and lowers the window is starting to fray and is jamming the power window motor. Has anybody had any luck fixing this aside from replacing the entire motor/regulator assembly? I really dont want to spend 100 bucks just because a cable is fraying.

[shift94]

Well i've decided to make an attempt at fixing it with replacing everything. I pulled the entire motor/regulator assembly out of the door tonigh and plan to visit home depot tomorrow to get some cable. If this works, I'll let you all know how it goes.

[shift94]

So i just finished up putting it all back together. Yes you can replace just the cable. After removing the regulator/motor assembly from the car, i took the silver cover off the motor and popped out the pulley inside. After unwinding the cable and cutting off the bad half, I cleaned and re-greased all moving parts and the cable itself. For the new cable, I used a hood latch cable from a Volvo. I filed down the lead ball on one end of the cable to get it square off, so that I could fit it in the motor. I thread the new cable through the intermediate pieces and on the other end, I took a small nut and used a vice to crimp it on the cable. Wound it back around the pulley and stuck it back into the motor. After reassembling it all, worked great. I highly recommend this to anyone with a similar problem as it saves a bundle of money.