Okay, I have worked on a lot of cars and fixed a lot of window regulators in my 49 years but THIS one has me friggin' stumped.
The passenger window on my S80 started hanging up and so I worked on it yesterday, while working on it it got worse and eventually buckled the rear arm (see picture).
So I am thinking, no biggie...I'll just replace the damned thing. They are only like $700 from Volvo.... or perhaps I can find a salvage yard item. So I go to looking at how it comes out.
I can't figure it out. Now, every damned thing I took off to get to this point with the exception of the interior panel has been RIVETED on. Even the door speaker was riveted on. But I can see two TORX screws up inside and behind the steel inner skin plus a couple of rivets that appear to hold the regulator to a brace welded inside the door on the outer skin. Problem is...I see NO way to get to them. Even if I drill out the rivets holding the interior door handle, to expose that access, the TORX screws and rivets are BEHIND THE DAMNED DOOR SKIN!
How the HELL did this thing get installed in the first place? There has to be a logical answer I am just not seeing.