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  1. Hi All, This is on a 2002 ES300 and a 2006 RX400h. I just observed that after the car came back from the last service at the dealer (about 2months back), they inflated the tires about 7-10psi more than what was recommended on the door jamb. The 400h came back with 10psi more! (40 instead of 30) and the es300 had 37 all around. Any particular reason the dealer over inflated on both cars? I brought it down to about a pound more than the sticker (thinking long distance rolling for weekly 200mile round trips). Any tips surely appreciated. Thanks.
  2. Update: I finally fixed the wire pulley housing also. Heres a description - - Keep the glass as high up as it can go and hold it there by some means - I used a high grip modelling clasp such that there was about an inch of the window left open and giving me some play in the wire. - remove 4 nuts and 1 screw holding the motor assembly in place. Do not move the motor more than a few inches away from the door or the wire wind will have wrong play while putting everything back. Use smaller tools to get to the small screws capping the pulley - remove the couple of screws holding the metal cap in place - this is where my wires had become trapped. - remove the plastic tubing feeders with a spring around them from the housing. I also put a tape around these tubes as the wires kept slipping out thru the groove running down their center. - push up and remove the round pulley assembly completey and untangle the wires. My wires had also frayed a bit. - Figure out and mark the direction of the rotation when you press the window button up/down - basically its anticlockwise if you're looking at it from the inner assembly side - Now wind the wires back on the pulley by hand - the wire coming from the top goes on the top hole of the pulley. When you insert the wire head, follow the direction of the groove next to that hole and wind the wire around as tight as you can by hand. - similarly the wire from the bottom goes into the bottom hole of the pulley. This should be pretty tight to insert and wind maybe half a circle around the pulley -because the glass is in the up position, leaving barely any play. - holding everything in place, insert the pulley back on the motor shaft and snap the feeder tube part back on top. I sprayed silicone around the assembly as I couldn't find my grease box - originally it had grease all over the place - Put the metal cap back on and screw it in place. Arrange the feeder tubes on the top and bottom so that they are tight at the end where they sit in a small groove in the door. - Make SURE that the wires go around the pulley guides on the top and bottom side on the inside of the door - they also have small guide lids that keep the wires from slipping out. Make sure the wires slip under these lids. Bolt the motor asembly - the center part needs to be pushed in and bolted really tight to enable the door pocket screw to match its hole. Insert the electric connectors back into the door and snap the door back in place. Thats it! :)
  3. Funny I have the EXACT same problem!!! :( It all started with that "crack" sound just like you said and I followed the other posts and opened up the panel and found the little plastic clasp pulling the door "up" was broken just like in this post! :( & the wires had slipped out - Now the reason it broke was that the wire around the coil thing you mentioned above was messed up inside the assembly and got too tight, pulled upon the platic hing which gave away - poor design to say the least... I have now fixed the broken plastic assembly which holds and pulls the wire in the up direction (the way I did it was by super-glueing a small computer plastic part on top and closing the gap - next i took a plastic wire, coiled it arouind the metal part and glued it in too - the upward force when the window gets pulled it too high for a simple tiny plastic housing. Its a wonder it all keeps working all these years for everyone....) My problem is the coiled wire housing... I shall really appreciate it if anyone has instructions on how to WIND those wires back inside the housing behind the motor. They go around a white plastic guide which is rotated by the motor - you have to get the winding just right so that the window goes all the way up and down and not get stuck in the middle somewhere... Oh - this is for a 94 ES300 in NJ TIA!
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