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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 12:41 PM
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Need to change out door latchs

Okay, I have my door stiped right now, and I cant find a way to disconnect the outside door handle and pull out the inner door latch...Can any1 draw out a way to do this, or tell me steps...I already have half of the operating rods disconnected as well...im stuck.
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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what are you trying to do? Remove the exterior handles/latches or the interior ones?
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 12:56 PM
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I'm a little confused too, but if it's the outside handle then you need to take out the glass to get to the nuts that hold the handle (at least on power window models I'm not sure of manual). After that just carefully take apart the little plastic things that hold the rods and disconnect any wire connectors holding the latch.
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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I'm a little confused too, but if it's the outside handle then you need to take out the glass to get to the nuts that hold the handle (at least on power window models I'm not sure of manual). After that just carefully take apart the little plastic things that hold the rods and disconnect any wire connectors holding the latch.
You don't need to take out the window to get to the bolts for the outside handle, you just need to be able to roll the window up or down. It has cut outs to get to the 10mm nuts.
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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 01:35 PM
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mmm, see, im in the process of a T2 swap, and at the moment I dont have a battery, mmm, my passenger door wont shut all the way, so, knowing its my latches, I know what bolt your talking about, its hard to get to it, because there is a plastic/glass looking peice in the way. I was wondering if I need to take off my outside door handle to be able to take out the door latch. Hopfully that might clear up some things ahah.
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