Winding up the Window Winders

I had to tackle the driver's side window winder mechanism again....... if you didnt read my last post on the window mech assembly then here is a short summary...

My original one was seriously worn-out and broken... so i got a secondhand one and put it in when i put all the door stuff back together...... It worked fine before installing it but as soon as i put it in and tried to wind the window up... it broke....ARRRGGGGHHH!#@%$%%&*!!!  do you know how had it was to put it in in the first place.!!???....   anyways I found another secondhand unit and this time i found one that was worked on so i though for sure that it would be in better condition... it did feel really strong ...didnt matter how hard i tugged at it... it worked.... BUT!!! when i got home only then did i find that the number of teeth on the slotted end of the winder was wrong... they had replaced it with some other model... or maybe even from some other car... so i cldnt use the original beetle winders...

SO once again i had to remove the whole thing....

this time i got fed up.. so since i already had a right side that was opened up ... i grinded out the welds and removed the gear... went out and bought another secondhand window winder mech but this time for the left passenger door... since it is mostlikely not as worn out as the driverside one...

I then drilled out the crimps and took that gear out... and slapped it into the right side window winder... bolted the whole thing back together... put the whole assembly back into the door.... and prayed to the heavens that it wont brake...

IT DIDNT!!!!!!!!!!.... interestingly it now works better than my passenger side door.... go figure...

The left side gear above placed in the right side assembly

Its been a year now in use and still works smoothly ....

(Please note if you do something like this im not responsible for any damage and or injuries like a loss of a limb or an eye)