1998 Ford Explorer door panel removal?
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1998 Ford Explorer door panel removal?
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 30-Jul-02 AT 11:07 AM (EST)]I need to remove my driver's side door panel to get access to the door lock mechanism which was messed up by someone using a slim jim to get in when I locked keys in car.
How do I remove it without breaking anything?
How do I remove it without breaking anything?
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1998 Ford Explorer door panel removal?
THere are two screws you need to remove by the handle. Then take a flat head screwdriver and stick it between the panel and the door itself. There are plastic rivet-like things that you gotta pop off the door. Once you get one or two out, the rest come out quickly.
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1998 Ford Explorer door panel removal?
Yep, take the two screws out. Also, instead of a screwdriver(which I have used in the past), there is actually a tool you can buy to take off the door panel. It slides over the rivets so you don't break them. The tool isn't too expensive and it might save you from breaking off the rivots. I have done it using a screwdriver, but if you are careful you might get by with a screwdriver.
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1998 Ford Explorer door panel removal?
I would really suggest buying the special tool...because when I removed my door panel I broke a couple rivets...Ford had fun charging me $78,000 for a small bag of ten rivets. NO Joke!!!!!!
-John
-John
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