3rd door lock assembly in 3 years
3rd door lock assembly in 3 years Hey guys,
Why on Earth am I going through these door lock assemblies so often? I'm about to install the 4th one in 3 years. Luckily last time I picked one up I grabbed two. Any advice is appreciated!
Why on Earth am I going through these door lock assemblies so often? I'm about to install the 4th one in 3 years. Luckily last time I picked one up I grabbed two. Any advice is appreciated!
This is easy to fix:
- put screw driver in the latch
- pull up on door handle
- pull screw driver out to open the latch
The next question becomes: "How is it getting this way?" Maybe your door is sagging or is out of alignment?
- put screw driver in the latch
- pull up on door handle
- pull screw driver out to open the latch
The next question becomes: "How is it getting this way?" Maybe your door is sagging or is out of alignment?
Definite possibility that the door is sagging. In fact, for a while now I've noticed that the passenger door closes so much better than the driver's door. I went ahead and put my spare door latch in. I'll save the bad one for backup if I can get the latch to roll back over
need to figure out why door is sagging. Everyone says hinges but sometimes in the shitty door metal separating.
I bought one of the door alignment tools. it works for a while if the alignment isn't too far off.
you can also adjust the latch on the door or the catch on the door frame. they will buy you a tiny bit of adjustment.
I bought one of the door alignment tools. it works for a while if the alignment isn't too far off.
you can also adjust the latch on the door or the catch on the door frame. they will buy you a tiny bit of adjustment.
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Verdad Gallardo This, like the last one, is broken internally. Probably from the BANG of trying to shut the door with the latch closed. You can take them apart with a tiny Torx screwdriver. With 2 assemblies now the actual latch has broken into several pieces.
you can see that it must be, look at the door panel directly above the latch, it's beat to hell. I would say the constant bashing of that area would damage the mechanisms pivot point after repeated impacts.
no visible chipping (white area) of the door panel, that tells me the door is sagging as that area is hitting the striker, the metal right behind there is the piece of the latch that closes around the striker.
here, I tried to explain it in a video
here, I tried to explain it in a video