I am having trouble getting the lock cylinders out to recode to match my keys.
I'm kinda new when it comes down to mechanical work on the sevens.

Anyone got any tips?
I got one bolt off from the inside after I took the interior on the door out.
So right now it is loose but I still can't figure it out =/

 

have you removed the handles or are you trying to do it in the car?

Once the handles are out, it is just a clip to pull the lock cyl.

 

I was doing it in the car =(

 

Oh, just pull the nuts on the handles (two 10mm) then pop the handle and get to the C clip.

They really are very simple to pull and then you can clean the door handle gasket which always gets nasty after a while.

And the time you wasted trying to get them in the door (and then trying to put the C clip back on in the door) will be much longer than if you just pulled the handle and remove the C clip and lock cyl on your work bench.

 

Is this on the outside or the inside?

Cause I already took off one nut from the inside making the handle looose. I just can't get to the other one.

 

Both nuts are on the inside of the door.

You need to pop the black plastic access cover to get one, then roll the window down for the other.

 

Oh, I have power windows, so i guess I have to roll them down for the other one right?

 

Yep, just plug in the switch, turn the key on and roll it down.

You don't have to have the door panel on, just the switch plugged in.

Or if you don't have a switch, get a power drill battery (like a makita or the like) and jumper the wires at the power window motor.

 

okay, will let you know in 15 mins to see if i can get the 2nd nut

 

Okay I found the nut but I can't reach it, i have the windows down and handles and everything is still there.
this is the 2nd nut towards the the on the left if you were to look directly from inside the car on driver side.

 

one on each side of the handle, same height

 

Got the nuts out, So i'm trying to look for clips, what do they look like or where are they?

 

The C clip, is the wire like thing that holds the lock cyl in place. But you won't be able to get to them until you remove the handle or take the handle out far enough to get to them.

The nuts are the only thing holding the handle in place.

 

How do you remove the c clip??

 

pull it off by sliding it down or up (the opposite direction of the opening of the clip)

 

I got the handle out and got that plastic hook out of the hole already, right now the handle is connected to a wire connected to my lock i disconnected it already from the clip. Also got something else connect to the handle, but dunno what it is

 

Depending on the model, you can have a key hole light and a key cyl switch for the electrical (or none of the above, or just one of the above) as well as a door release rod and a door lock rod.

 

running a gxl

 

If you had a S4 then you will have all of it then... not sure about the S5... they took so many short cuts.

 

yeah, running an s5 gxl, i have most of the handle out.

 

I just need help on the wires and that other bar

 

taken out the handles.
it had like 2 clips looking things on it and the wires for the keyhole light.
I got them rekeyed to match my key, works great. Thing is, I broke one of the clips used to open the door on the pasenger side door. So i'm in need of 1 clip lol.