Electric Door Locks
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Electric Door Locks
A few years ago the auto driver door lock stopped working properly. It didnt bother me too much, just had to push the lock manually. The other day the passenger went out. Now im irritated. So last night i pull it apart, and find that the actuator and mechanism all works fine. The problem is where the actuator is attached to the door. The ford guy said its a rivet. I guess it sheered off? So now i have a very small piece that i have to try and attach something to. I already tried putting a nut, and different push washers. Nothing has worked yet. Anybody have the same problem, or have an idea how to fix it.
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I have the same problem. The only way to fix it is to drill/cut/break off the rivit still attached to the electric lock and put a bolt and nut on. This is from the guys at the dealership. Said it would take about an hours labor. I didn't bother but let me know if you do or if you get a better idea.
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I went to the hardware store saturday and bought a huge asst. of all kinds of different pieces of hardware including speed nuts and such things that hopefully will be able to grab on to the remaining piece of the rivet. If worse comes to worse i guess ill go all the way and maybe drill it. Oshoguno, have you thought about using a real strong epoxy such as JB Weld?
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The easy way to remove the rivets is to drive the steel center core out with a hammer and a punch then drill out the soft aluminum with a 3/8" bit. If you don't drive out that steel core first, have fun (not) drilling it 
. Honestly, it only takes a few minutes max to remove each rivet so your best move to make a permanent repair will be to remove each rivet and replace it with a 1/4" hex bolt, hex nut, and lockwasher. Some locktite is cheap insurance.
. Honestly, it only takes a few minutes max to remove each rivet so your best move to make a permanent repair will be to remove each rivet and replace it with a 1/4" hex bolt, hex nut, and lockwasher. Some locktite is cheap insurance.
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Hey Pilot, I did try using Liquid Aluminum on it but it broke the second time I unlocked the door. Cowboy, I am not sure I can drive the core out, but then again I never got the solenoid out of the door. How hard is it to remove the solenoid from the door panel?
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Originally Posted by oshoguno
Hey Pilot, I did try using Liquid Aluminum on it but it broke the second time I unlocked the door. Cowboy, I am not sure I can drive the core out, but then again I never got the solenoid out of the door. How hard is it to remove the solenoid from the door panel?
*I just swapped out a P/W motor two weeks ago on a GM and had to deal with these rivets. Gawd do I wished I had taked a pic or two of the process.
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