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

[James Murray (QA/EMC)]

Keep praying :-)) 

/Jamu.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pollock, Thomas [mailto:thomas.pollock at amd.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:56 PM
To: James Murray (QA/EMC); chris chambers; Bill Mahoney;
s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] door no worky....

yeah but that cable ultimately connects to the latch at the lock
itself... it can come off at either end. Guess which end I'm praying
for...


tom.

-----Original Message-----
From: James Murray (QA/EMC) [mailto:james.murray at ericsson.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:50 PM
To: chris chambers; Bill Mahoney; s-car-list at audifans.com; Pollock,
Thomas
Subject: RE: [s-cars] door no worky....


I'm confused... The outside latch doesn't have a cable, only the inside
latch does... Or am I missing something (memory fart). 

/Jamu.

-----Original Message-----
From: chris chambers [mailto:fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:45 PM
To: James Murray (QA/EMC); Bill Mahoney; s-car-list at audifans.com;
thomas.pollock at amd.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] door no worky....

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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