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Offline bullitt85

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Dreaded door lock Jam
« on: July 16, 2013, 09:48:31 PM »
I changed out my handles for ones that are not rusted, the driver side now jams when locked and wont unlock.
Door works great as long as I don't lock it.

I had to pull the door panel while the door was shut and get in their with a flat head screw driver to unlock the door and begin to trouble shoot.
Found the tumbler would slightly over rotate the arm which caused the lock mechanism (white plastic linkage ) to bind up while trying to move into the unlock position and needs to be constantly pulled forward to be able to move into the unlock position.
I am rounding this up to worn plastic inserts ( the little orange bits that hold the rods ) and slack building between them all.

My question is :
Has anyone encountered this? Has a different fix or a better diagnosis?
Where am I going to find these little parts?




Offline binare

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Re: Re: Dreaded door lock Jam
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2013, 10:22:30 PM »
Yup, bend rod till it works, 2 second fix.

Offline bullitt85

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Re: Dreaded door lock Jam
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2013, 09:10:41 PM »
after over bending and re-bending and aligning it worked.
Thank you.