Thread: locking pins on the window motors
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Re: locking pins on the window motors
I wrote a whitepaper on removing locking pins awhile back:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2685

The modification was made legal years ago (and passed on through the rules since) due to the pins vibrating into a locked position when driven by a Jaguar due to the higher frequency switching used (compared to the old Victor 88x's at least). I am not sure if the newer motor controllers have the same issue although I do know that since Jaguars, as old and discontinued as they are, are still legal, so keeping the mod legal makes sense.
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Last edited by ratdude747 : 29-01-2016 at 19:04. Reason: re-read my paper's comments, I wasn't correct on something