Rear door latch help needed
July 21st, 2007, 2:34 PM
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Rear door latch help needed
Hey, guys -- new member here. First post.
I have a 96 Tahoe with the side-by-side rear doors. A while back, one of the rods inside the door with the latch came undone. I tried to fix it yesterday, and in the process I made things a bit worse! The bracket that attaches to the rods (2 rods, one for the latch and one for the lock) came off of it's peg. There's a whole in the center of the bracket, which the peg goes through. The bracket swivels around this peg, pulling/pushing on the rods, which opens the door.
The problem: I can't get the bracket to stay back on the peg. I found a washer in the door that looks like it 'could' hold the bracket on, but it pops off when pulling on the handle. There doesn't seem to be room for any other sort of clip.
Does any one know how to fix it? What holds that bracket on?
I have a 96 Tahoe with the side-by-side rear doors. A while back, one of the rods inside the door with the latch came undone. I tried to fix it yesterday, and in the process I made things a bit worse! The bracket that attaches to the rods (2 rods, one for the latch and one for the lock) came off of it's peg. There's a whole in the center of the bracket, which the peg goes through. The bracket swivels around this peg, pulling/pushing on the rods, which opens the door.
The problem: I can't get the bracket to stay back on the peg. I found a washer in the door that looks like it 'could' hold the bracket on, but it pops off when pulling on the handle. There doesn't seem to be room for any other sort of clip.
Does any one know how to fix it? What holds that bracket on?
July 21st, 2007, 6:12 PM
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RE: Rear door latch help needed
Welcome.
You will need to replace the door lock lever assembly to make a good repair otherwise you'll be fighting with this problem until you do.
July 21st, 2007, 7:19 PM
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RE: Rear door latch help needed
Yeah, that's what I figured. I'll go ahead and get the proper parts.
In the meantime, I put the assembly together, then pounded on the peg a bit. It mushroomed out the head enough to hold everything on... at least temporarily.
In the meantime, I put the assembly together, then pounded on the peg a bit. It mushroomed out the head enough to hold everything on... at least temporarily.
November 5th, 2007, 8:59 AM
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RE: Rear door latch help needed
Just following up on this, in case anyone has the same problem.
My "fix" above has held up for 4+ months of heavy usage. So far, so good. I used a large punch to pound the peg a bit so the tip flattened out.
My "fix" above has held up for 4+ months of heavy usage. So far, so good. I used a large punch to pound the peg a bit so the tip flattened out.
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