My passenger side did the same thing Tuesday and I too tried to fix the cable that pulls it up and down. Unfortunately, the cable had worn down the inside of the cup that holds it on the pulley.
I re-assembled it and it would go up and down, but it was making the crackling noise meaning that the cable was twisting and tearing up the plastic again. I'm just leaving the window up until I can go buy the $120.00 regulator assembly.
The sad part is that my AC compressor is out and the 4/80 was nice! Thank goodness I assembled it before the rain starts tomorrow!
DB
