How do you remove door lock actuator??
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How do you remove door lock actuator??
I've searched and found some good posts on how to fix the actuator once it is out.
However I can not find a step by step guide on how to remove the actual actuator....
Can anyone link me or give me a good break down on how it is done?
I have thd door panel off and I'm stuck there.
I don't understand how to remove the door lock rod or how to get the actuator out.
Thanks!!
However I can not find a step by step guide on how to remove the actual actuator....
Can anyone link me or give me a good break down on how it is done?
I have thd door panel off and I'm stuck there.
I don't understand how to remove the door lock rod or how to get the actuator out.
Thanks!!
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I just performed this today
-remove inside door panel (2 screws)
-remove door latch screws (3 torx head screws)
-remove outer door handle (2 screws located through inner door) and disconnect the 2 linkages
-remove inside door handle (2 screws)
-drop actuator, disconnect electical and remove
-remove inside door panel (2 screws)
-remove door latch screws (3 torx head screws)
-remove outer door handle (2 screws located through inner door) and disconnect the 2 linkages
-remove inside door handle (2 screws)
-drop actuator, disconnect electical and remove
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Originally Posted by kanertop
I just performed this today
-remove inside door panel (2 screws)
-remove door latch screws (3 torx head screws)
-remove outer door handle (2 screws located through inner door) and disconnect the 2 linkages
-remove inside door handle (2 screws)
-drop actuator, disconnect electical and remove
-remove inside door panel (2 screws)
-remove door latch screws (3 torx head screws)
-remove outer door handle (2 screws located through inner door) and disconnect the 2 linkages
-remove inside door handle (2 screws)
-drop actuator, disconnect electical and remove
Wow, thanks! I thought that was about what I needed to do, but with out knowing I was kinda stuck. THANKS A TON!
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Originally Posted by kanertop
Good luck on your project. If you have any other questions, just ask. I redid my lock actuators yesterday and now they work better than new.
OK
-remove door latch screws (3 torx head screws)
Ok but don't remove door latch?
-remove outer door handle (2 screws located through inner door) and disconnect the 2 linkages
OK, 2 10mm bolts or something, one top one bottom?
-remove inside door handle (2 screws)
OK, What is this exactly and what is holding it in? Scews???
-drop actuator, disconnect electical and remove
OK, drop the acuator and door latch as ONE assembly?? That's what I feel you are saying. Thanks!
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you will remove the door latch as one assembly in the last step. the actuator is attached to the latch
you are correct on the outer door handle
you remove the inner door handle so you dont have to disconnect it at the latch, it is much easier this way
good luck
you are correct on the outer door handle
you remove the inner door handle so you dont have to disconnect it at the latch, it is much easier this way
good luck
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Kanertop:
wow, done and done. That was a LOT easier then it looks. It took about 25 minutes from start to testing, I haven't put it back together yet because I wanted to take a break and post that your instructions were very helpful.
I think all I needed was to take the outer door handle off, from that point on the job gets a lot easier!
Somebody should do a detailed write up on this job!
When you were in there, did you clean and re-grease everything really well? That was my secondary focus. The operation of the door feels a lot smoother then the passenger door does. When that lock acuator goes out I'll give it this same treatment.
wow, done and done. That was a LOT easier then it looks. It took about 25 minutes from start to testing, I haven't put it back together yet because I wanted to take a break and post that your instructions were very helpful.
I think all I needed was to take the outer door handle off, from that point on the job gets a lot easier!
Somebody should do a detailed write up on this job!
When you were in there, did you clean and re-grease everything really well? That was my secondary focus. The operation of the door feels a lot smoother then the passenger door does. When that lock acuator goes out I'll give it this same treatment.
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I just performed this today
-remove inside door panel (2 screws)
-remove door latch screws (3 torx head screws)
-remove outer door handle (2 screws located through inner door) and disconnect the 2 linkages
-remove inside door handle (2 screws)
-drop actuator, disconnect electical and remove
-remove inside door panel (2 screws)
-remove door latch screws (3 torx head screws)
-remove outer door handle (2 screws located through inner door) and disconnect the 2 linkages
-remove inside door handle (2 screws)
-drop actuator, disconnect electical and remove
I'm down to step 3 in this project, and I'm stuck.
I can't get the bottom linkage removed from the latch assembly, and I also dont have two screws holding the inner door handle in. It won't come off, as far as I can tell.
How do I get the bottom linkage (that goes from the front of the door to the rear, where the latch is) off the thing so I can wrap this up?
BTW, I'm working on the rear door-
Thanks
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Never mind, I figured it out. On my rear doors, there's no need to disconnect the lower linkage, or remove the inner door handles. You can go through the outer door handle opening, use a large/wide flathead screwdriver, and pop the actuator off of the latch assembly, then unplug the wiring harness, then pop off the plastic 'holder' that goes into one of the round openings in the top of the actuator, and then intallation is reverse of removal.
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