[s-cars] Door Latch Repair or Replace?

[Ian Duff]

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http://www.whitelightningco.com/products/clean-streak.htm.

Dries very quickly. Biodegradable. I’ve been very impressed cleaning bike
chain, cassette, etc. Spray it on, it gets rid of grease, and evaporates
PDQ. You will need to lube afterwards, as it has no lube properties.
WD-40, Boeshield T-9. You get the picture.

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-Ian.


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-----Original Message-----
From: "weski at verizon.net" <weski at verizon.net>
Date: Tuesday, 10 December, 2013 at 18:53
To: chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>, s-CAR list
<s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Door Latch Repair or Replace?

Thanks everyone - I've already sprayed lots and lots of WD40 in the
latch assembly but I have not removed it to soak it in order to remove
old grease.  I'll have to plan to start tearing my door apart tonight as
I don't want to be driving with a door that won't stay closed (it
actually opened up on me on a right-hand curve tonight - good thing I
was holding the interior door pull handle).

If that doesn't work, I've sourced a full latch assembly from a local
bone-yard for $35.

I'll let you all know if the ATF bath works or not.

Paul



On 12/10/2013 1:18 PM, chris chambers wrote:
> Gentz,
>
> I had this same issue, I followed another lister's advice and removed
>the latch assembly
> and soaked it in ATF fluid.
>
> The factory grease gets all dried and gummed up, slows & eventually
>stops the latch from working.
> After this grease has been removed by soaking in the ATF fluid,
>re-grease and reinstall.
>
> I do not recall what grease/lubricant I used.
>
> The latch should be as good as new
>
> HTH
> Chris
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Mon, 12/9/13, weski at verizon.net <weski at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>   Subject: [s-cars] Door Latch Repair or Replace?
>   To: S-Car-List at audifans.com
>   Date: Monday, December 9, 2013, 8:52 PM
>   
>   Patient is my 95 S6 with 244k miles
>   on the clock.  The drivers door has decided it doesn't
>   want to close any more.  There are 2 door closed latch
>   positions - I'll call them full close and safety
>   latch.  As of last Friday night, the door will not
>   fully close on it's own - I have to give it a light
>   hip-check from the outside to fully close the door.
>   Today, as I was driving down the interstate, the door popped
>   partly open - to the safety latch.
>   
>   What are my options?  I've check out the latch as much
>   as you can without disassembling the door and all looks
>   OK.  It functions well with a screw driver to trigger
>   the latch to full close when the door is open but will not
>   do so as you normally try to close the door.  If you
>   sty to force or slam it closed it just bounces open.
>   I've been told by a mechanic that it is not fixable and the
>   latch must be replaced.  Has anyone else seen this
>   before?  If it must be replaced is the bone yard a
>   viable option?
>   
>   TIA,
>   
>   Paul Dooley
>   
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