[s-cars] door no worky....

[James Murray (QA/EMC)]

 Tom,

I think what Bill is describing pertains to the outside latch only, your
specific problem is almost certainly a broken cable for the inside door
handle (not likely it just unhooked itself). The cable is fairly cheap,
around $15 USD if I remember correctly... And you will have to take the
door skin off to access the problem... It's a PITA to re-hook that cable
on, but maybe my hands are not as "dextrous" or small... Seek help from
neighboorhood kid or significant other... ;-)

Bill is spot on the money with that Kano stuff, it rocks, fixed my door
being hard to close with it... Now it's silky smooth. I tried a bunch of
other products and nothing worked like this stuff.

Good luck!

/Jamu.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Bill Mahoney
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:25 PM
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Cc: thomas.pollock at amd.com
Subject: [s-cars] door no worky....

Tom polLocked~
"..passenger front door latch stopped working from inside the car."

T
Is the door unclosable? Or already closed not to open?
Does it open from the outside?
Assuming that it's open.
Don't necessarily take it all apart ... yet.
Could be the latch corroded itself together (btdt drivers side.) First~
Go here  http://www.kanolabs.com/ get some Penephite.
Also available elsewhere.  
Some kind of silicone mit graphite concoction.
Spray this from outside the latch into all possible openings in the
latch mechanism.  Work the latch from outside handle.  Latch can be
moved from the outside IRRC.  Do this one million times whilst
lubricating.  This should free it if its corroded.  Sometimes penetrant
will need to work overnight.
Could be all that you need.
I unnecessarily took my whole door apart (including window frame) to get
the latch out, only to find that nothing was broken other than 10 years
of crud had gummed up the mechanism.  
If you cannot wait, a FLBS (friendly local bike shop) will probably have
a spray can of Boeshield T-9 spray may also work.
http://www.kanza.com/boeshield/
YMMV
Bill~lubricated~M




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