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Rob Glasgow
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When I started to clean the door latch mechanisms for my BT7, I noticed the forward control unit has a small pin that is suppose to push up against a detent in the door handle mechanism to insure the handle returns to the proper closed position. On both the left and right sides, the pin had twisted out of position from the vertical slot and wasn't doing anything except making it difficult to open the door. I opened the two halves of the control unit and found the metal around the slot had been worn away by the out-of-position pin.
I assume this is a common failure since the pin location design is not good. But then again, I don't think I've ever seen any posts about this problem or a possible solution so maybe it just my car.
I considered several fixes before settling on a flat headed carriage bolt and self locking nut. I had to widen the vertical slot a bit to get the square portion of the bolt to ride in the slot but it seams to work on the bench. I will install it next week and report back.
Anyone else discover this issue and how did you correct it? Does it even warrant fixing?
Photo 1 Shows unit and pin below. 2 Shows pin. 3 Repaired unit. 4 Flat head carriage bolt and nut.
I assume this is a common failure since the pin location design is not good. But then again, I don't think I've ever seen any posts about this problem or a possible solution so maybe it just my car.
I considered several fixes before settling on a flat headed carriage bolt and self locking nut. I had to widen the vertical slot a bit to get the square portion of the bolt to ride in the slot but it seams to work on the bench. I will install it next week and report back.
Anyone else discover this issue and how did you correct it? Does it even warrant fixing?
Photo 1 Shows unit and pin below. 2 Shows pin. 3 Repaired unit. 4 Flat head carriage bolt and nut.
