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

[chris chambers]

Gentz,

Actually I had the cable on my wife's S4 pop off THREE times.

Finally disassembled the door, removed the latch and discovered
it was gunked up enough to cause the latch to return slowly which
allowed the cable to pop off.

Disassembled the latch, soaked in automatic transmission fluid,
scrubbed latch thoroughly with same fluid and used brake cleaner
to clean it. Sprayed inside of latch with silicone based lubricant
and reassembled. 8 months later and the cable hasn't popped off since!


HTH
Chris
 

--- "James Murray (QA/EMC)" <james.murray at ericsson.com> wrote:

>  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-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Bill Mahoney
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:25 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> 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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