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Originally Posted by morgal48
Found that my rear spoiler only moved up about an inch. Searching the forum I found the probable cause, disassembled the "system" and got lucky. Having anticipated a lack of teeth on the two gear racks, it was nice to see only a lack of grease - it had all been squeezed to the sides of each rack. After re-lubing the racks and the cable end internal slides (the grease on the slides was gritty).everything operates smoothly again. Really easy job.
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morgal48, this post a while ago inspired me to take a look at my rear spoiler mechanism. My spoiler worked fine, except that it wouldn't retract the last 1/4 inch or so, but could be pushed all the way down. For me it wasn't an easy job. Everything came apart pretty easily, and the gear racks and internal slides needed cleaning and lubing. None of the gears were stripped.
Getting everything back together though, oh boy! Getting the springs on the slider ends back into the gear racks, and to stay put, was a bit of a challenge. Then I got it all together, put it on the floor of the trunk and tried it out. The rams went up fine but not down. Pushing the down button I could hear some click but no movement. So it took it apart again. The gears were very tightly jammed, making it difficult to disassemble. Between that and looking at the micro switches and the indentations on the bottom of the gear rack, I deduced that I may have installed the micro switches backwards. It's interesting to note that they can be installed two ways - correctly and incorrectly, they fit either way! So I switched them around and put it all back together again. Plugged it in on the trunk floor and voila! Everything now works as it should, the rams go up and down. Tomorrow I will button up the trunk and reinstall the spoiler.