[s-cars] Door latch woes redux

[chris chambers]

Marc,

had the same problem a couple years ago, problem is in the lock
mechanism.

The lock assembly bolts into the door and has a spring that
gets all corroded and gummed up. The door handle cable is attached
to a lever that sticks and won't "flip back" when you close the door
because of the gummed up spring. When you push the door handle back
you are pushing the cable back which pushes the lever back into
position
so that it can latch.

What I ended up doing was removing the latch assembly and soaking it
in transmission fluid for ~ 24 hours, actuating all the levers every
couple of hours. After ~ 24 hours it was clean and moved find, I then
cleaned it with brake cleaner and regreased the assembly with lithium
grease.

It's 3 years later and it hasn't messed up since.

Good luck
HTH
Chris
  

 


--- Marc Gorelick <marc at frogville.net> wrote:

> Esteemed Listers:
> 
> About a month ago there was a thread here regarding a door latch
> problem 
> where the exterior door handle would not release the door latch. I
> have 
> a slightly different issue and am looking for a bit of input.
> 
> In my case, the right rear door of my '93 does not close properly if
> is 
> opened from the inside. I suspect that the return spring that pulls
> the 
> interior door handle back into place has broken. Anyone who opens
> that 
> door from the inside must push the handle back into position before
> the 
> door will latch closed again after they get out of the car.
> 
> I took the interior door panel apart and lubed a few things around
> the 
> latch, but this doesn't seem to have helped.  From looking at the FA,
> 
> (or KATE--I loved that) there is a Bowden cable that appears to have
> the 
> spring embedded inside.  It seems as though replacing this cable
> would 
> solve the problem. Then again, it might be the latch that contains
> the 
> return spring... I haven't pulled the latch mechanism apart yet, 
> preferring to stop here and ask for BTDTs. I am hoping it's the cable
> 
> since I am not taking the latch apart until it warms up here. ;-)
> 
> It looks like I would need 4A0 839 081 A. 
> 
> Any advice appreciated! 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> 
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