Editing Locks (section)

==How To Open The Door After Mechanism Fails==

First take off the rear step protector trim, which makes it easier to take off the B-pillar trim, which exposes the part you're trying to get to.

[[Image:Lock rear trim removal.jpg]]

Take off the inner door release trim, the inner pull handle, the window winder, the speaker, and the triangular trim behind the side mirror.

[[Image:Lock door trim removal.jpg]]

Now the tricky part, you've got to pry off all the door trim clips, without proper access.  Then ease the side of the trim out over the B-pillar, and lift up to clear the top of the door.  After a bit of fiddling around, it all comes off, hopefully not destroying too much of the trim.  Here are all the clip locations:

[[Image:Lock trim clips.jpg]]

This photo is from inside the door looking up at the mechanism.  The part highlighted in yellow must be rotated clockwise (tab on left goes up) to open the door (it's already in the open position in this photo).  Get a screwdriver in there to push it up:

[[Image:Locks open the door.jpg]]

The little pull levers that operate it all are attached by this kind of clip.  Rotate the retaining clip (red part in the middle) then the lever just pulls out with no force required at all.  Some of them are a bit hard to reach, but you can leave some of the levers attached to the lock, and detach them at the other end, whatever you can reach.

[[Image:Lock lever clips.jpg]]

Here's a little brace (following R31 747's idea) made from some aluminium square stock to stop the tab bending down again:

[[Image:Lock aluminium brace.jpg]]

Brace in place:

[[Image:Lock brace in place.jpg]]

Problem was compounded by probable disintegrated bush.  It appears there should to be a bush around the circled shaft.  With it missing, the shaft flogs around and makes the locking mechanism less predictable.  Didn't take other door apart, but looks like a brittle plastic almost disintegrated bush on other side as well.  So looking for a solution there still.  Mechanism still all works, but the shaft should be supported. 

[[Image:Locks missing bush.jpg]]


- '''Prestagea'''