[s-cars] Door Latch Repair or Replace? interim status

[weski at verizon.net]

Lot's of good suggestions - thanks guys.
I swapped door strikes from driver side to passenger side - no change - 
driver door won't stay closed (I can pull door open from exterior) and 
everything is good on the passenger side.  The strike did have some wear 
grooves in the metal but works on the passenger side anyway.

I used a heat gun to heat up the latch assembly but nothing changed.

So I pulled the door apart and removed the latch assembly.  I was going 
to soak it in ATF but I can't figure out how to get the vacuum line 
disconnected.  Everything else went fine.  Anyone have a suggestion for 
separating the white vacuum housing from the latch assembly?

TIA<

Paul Dooley


On 12/10/2013 6:53 PM, weski at verizon.net wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
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>> 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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