window lifter mechanism - stiff going down

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window lifter mechanism - stiff going down

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hello all,

for some reason my passenger window and now my driver's window have become hard to wind down, but they wind up pretty much as normal? They feel like they may break as they require quite a bit of force so i haven't been winding them down (def something i need to fix in this predominantly mild weather!)

i've taken off the door trim, successfully using the correct tool it was very swift, but the door skin itself kinda gets in the way to fully be able to appreciate what's going on. And what on earth is the plastic tube completing almost a full circle, towards the front of the vehicle, attached to a metal tube coming from behind the window crank handle?

i was expecting to find something lose but can't see anything

could it just need greasing? it got too dark tonight, so i will have a look again tomorrow but thought it was worth quickly asking you helpful lot :D to see if this is common?

any ideas?

Stu

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