Thanks will_95gt, sorry for the late response, I had finals this week. And thinks for the write-up and pictorial, they made taking the motor out really easy.
As for my problem, its the driver side motor, so theres no window lock. I checked the fuse, its actually a circuit breaker and it powers both the passenger and drivers side windows. I rebuilt the passenger side too; plugged it back up and it worked fine. I even plugged the drivers side motor up to the passenger side and it worked there. so I'm thinking that my problem is either with the plug for the motor on the drivers side, or with the drivers side switch. the passenger side motor works from the switches on both sides of the car, so the problem may be with just the drivers side switch. its weird though, b/c the window worked before I took it apart, just not well b/c the bushings were bad. it seems strange that the switch would go out now.
I have a voltmeter, but I'm not really sure how to proceed with testing the electrical connections, any ideas?