I'm about as familiar with the sunroof assembly as you can be, as I've had mine completely apart a few times, and have had 2 different mechanisms in mine. I'd agree with the assessment on the worn cable, but it could just be hat the end of the cable has a problem. At the tip of the cable, there is a rectangular plastic piece that rotates, and when you open the roof, and then close it, if the rubber guide tubes at on the lifting mechanism are worn, missing, or off to a side, then that rectangular piece will catch on the end of the lifting guide.
Also, sometimes, it just needs a good cleaning, take the whole this apart, and clean it well. The old grease tends to dry out and cake on the whole thing, and make it very difficult to move. On top of that, you'd be amazed at the crap that the tray collects, and then distriutesd into the various mechanisms. What I did was buy a used tray and mechanism off of eBay (you can also go to a junkyard) for around $80, then I completely stripped it and rebuilt it, and swapped it into the car, since I couldn't afford to have a huge hole in the top of my car for the 2 days or so it took to rebuild it. Then, I rebuilt mine, and sold it. I ended up making 50 bucks or so in the end. ------------------ Nicholas Crego Yellow 88 CRX Si Commercial Instrument, Single and Multiengine Rated Pilot, Certificated Flight Instructor. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Eric L. Stewart Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 8:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CRX: Re: sunroof get in a slight bind Ronnie, Sounds like the problem that I've been having with mine. After having mine dismantled several times, I've discovered that the problem is the cable. The cable is knurled as a screw, made to mate with a gear in the sunroof motor which is at the back edge of the sunroof. As the gear turns, it pulls the two halves of the cable by it, thus closing/opening the sunroof. If the knurling/cable is rusted or worn, the gear will slip on that section of cable, causing a kind of staccato/stuttering sound as the cable tries to find purchase on the cable. This might result in the sunroof binding if only one half of the cable is worn, making the roof close unevenly. You can sometimes overcome this by carefully closing/opening the sunroof manually as it puts less torque on the cable. I have replaced the motor (which wasn't needed) and one of the rails (again not needed) on the advice of a lazy body shop guy who clearly doesn't like fiddling with sunroofs and was talking off the top of his head. That's why I've pulled the thing apart myself. The only solution is to buy the cable mechanism itself. I'm not sure it it's a do-it-yourself job but I'm sure going to try. I'm looking at an illustration of the sunroof mechanism that the Honda parts guy printed out for me. If you (or anyone else) is interested, I can scan it and send it to you. True to Honda's great engineering it looks like a single assembly that "snicks" right into the mechanism. Eric Ottawa, Canada http://www.attcanada.net/~mcstewart.msn/index_CRX.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 2:43 AM Subject: CRX: sunroof get in a slight bind > anyone done any successful crx sunroof repair? i really want it to function > perfectly and would do anything to fix it. when its closing and its > about an > inch or so from being close it seems to get in a bind and wont close....any > ideas? > > thanks ronnie >
