I've succesfully repaired a few 505 sunroof cables where the break is in the plastic cable housing behind the headliner. The break is usually in the plastic connector to the sheath. If that's the case, making a 2 halfs of a wooden clamp where the break is and gluing the wood to the metal roof will fix it for good (I'd use polyurethane caulk avail at home depot). The cause of the problem is the plastic cable sheath was designed by a moron who did not beef up a high stress area with enough plastic.
From: roverlad@telus.net
Subject: Re: sunroof lubrication
Jim,
The 505 is a different bird. It is not likely that cable lubrication is your problem, and if it is, I would still avoid doing anything with it as you may do more harm than good. What I mean by that is that from my experience failure of the 505 mechanism is typically associated with fracturing of the plastic sheath which the cable travels in. It either breaks at the motor or at the other end where it fastens to the rood structure just under the headliner at the top center of the rear window. You could drop the trim panel from the sunroof panel, disconnect the cable and pull it out ot the sheath to lubricate it but that fussing about may lead to damage to the plastic sheath and then you have a little more work ahead of you. There have been some quick fixes posted on this list before but I have yet to be succesful using them.
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