[DML] Re: Door lock removal?

[tobyp@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Greg - It depends on which type of lock you have.  There are two 
flavors ... The later ones have a spring steel "pickle fork" clip 
that slides behind the door skin, engaging a groove in the lock 
barrel.  You just find the end with the slight upturn, and pull it 
out of the groove.  The lock barrel should then slide out of the 
door.  The other flavor has a plastic insert, sort of like a 
grommet, that snaps around the lock barrel, and has two "spring 
loaded" flanges that snap out as the grommet gets inserted into the 
door skin.  You have to pinch these flanges together, and work the 
lock out very gently.  You will probably break the plastic grommet - 
sorry about that.  You will be working either one of these from the 
inside, by the way.  You need to remove the upper panel.  The lock 
rod is attached to a plastic ring that snaps around the end of the 
lock barrel in a molded groove.  You should be able to snap that 
ring off the end of the barrel, freeing the lock from the rod. Good 
luck, and let us know how it turns out. 



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "gzapf" <x86Daddy@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> I think my door lock's internals have failed... peering into the 
lock
> with a good flashlight, all of the bottom tumblers are recessed
> without being pushed down.  I'm guessing a spring or something has
> broken?  So I'm trying to remove them so I can further look into 
it,
> and probably take it to a locksmith...
> 
> How does one remove that lock?!  I couldn't find the process in the
> shop manual, but I may be blind.  I have the updated ignition-
matched
> locks in my earlier VIN car.
> 
> Thanks,
> --Greg
> #2894








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