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doughby82 · 02-14-2004, 03:17 AM

i am wanting to install my stereo soon.but my doors dont lock.if i put the key in it will turn slightly,but wont lock.i push the lock buttons down on the door but they wont move.any ideas

**Patch** · 02-14-2004, 03:19 AM

Could be corrosion......or the rods are worn or bent and your not getting the leverage....??????

doughby82 · 02-14-2004, 03:26 AM

also it didnt have the door lock paws.in it untill today.also it is both doors.kinda odd that both doors dont work.anybody have a pic or diagram of how everything is placed inside the door for the locks

gonebad2 · 02-14-2004, 04:07 AM

The pawls are side specific. Could be that someone installed them incorrectly at one time. Mine are totally apart right now or I would send a pic. Also, sometimes the old lithium grease collects alot of dirt and hardens. I have seen that stuff so hard, it closely resembles asphalt. Probably wouldn't hurt to remove the latch mechanisms and run them through the parts washer. After that, blow dry them with compressed air and re-grease them. I would do just one door at a time. It's real easy to mix the linkage rods up.

doughby82 · 02-14-2004, 04:11 AM

i installed the paws today.of course you have a 50/50 chance of getting them right the first time.but i did catch it before i tried to install them,so that not it .maybe ill try to remove the lock mechanism.and see what up with it.

gonebad2 · 02-14-2004, 04:26 AM

I hear ya on the 50/50 chance. Kind of the same thing when you completelt remove the wiper system and it goes together 180 degrees off. I always tell myself I'll mark it this time but you know how that goes. Is it possible to install the lock cylinder upside down?....Just a thought.

doughby82 · 02-14-2004, 04:51 AM

dont think i got them in upside down.if they were the paws would run the oppsite way as the lock mechanism.also i think the locks only fit in one way

tom hand · 02-14-2004, 08:12 AM

I bet it is adjustment.....try pushing in on the door while locking it

Blue Beard · 02-14-2004, 10:56 AM

If my memory serves me right the paws have to fit in a notch to work properly.......

Seems I put them in wrong and they functioned like you mentioned.....actually was binding being in wrong.....

doughby82 · 02-14-2004, 02:46 PM

its not the paws.the door lock knob on the inside wouldnt even move before the paws were installed

02-14-2004, 03:17 AM	#1
doughby82 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: springfield ill Posts: 836	doors dont lock i am wanting to install my stereo soon.but my doors dont lock.if i put the key in it will turn slightly,but wont lock.i push the lock buttons down on the door but they wont move.any ideas __________________ springfield illinois 2003 custom (harley)built from scratch 68 swb

02-14-2004, 03:19 AM	#2
Patch Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oak Harbor, WA Posts: 706	Maybe.... Could be corrosion......or the rods are worn or bent and your not getting the leverage....?????? __________________ Patch

02-14-2004, 03:26 AM	#3
doughby82 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: springfield ill Posts: 836	also it didnt have the door lock paws.in it untill today.also it is both doors.kinda odd that both doors dont work.anybody have a pic or diagram of how everything is placed inside the door for the locks __________________ springfield illinois 2003 custom (harley)built from scratch 68 swb

02-14-2004, 04:07 AM	#4
gonebad2 Merciless Butcher Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: CC Nevada Posts: 1,447	The pawls are side specific. Could be that someone installed them incorrectly at one time. Mine are totally apart right now or I would send a pic. Also, sometimes the old lithium grease collects alot of dirt and hardens. I have seen that stuff so hard, it closely resembles asphalt. Probably wouldn't hurt to remove the latch mechanisms and run them through the parts washer. After that, blow dry them with compressed air and re-grease them. I would do just one door at a time. It's real easy to mix the linkage rods up. __________________ Your Bought And Sold....I Got Your Soul!

02-14-2004, 04:11 AM	#5
doughby82 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: springfield ill Posts: 836	i installed the paws today.of course you have a 50/50 chance of getting them right the first time.but i did catch it before i tried to install them,so that not it .maybe ill try to remove the lock mechanism.and see what up with it. __________________ springfield illinois 2003 custom (harley)built from scratch 68 swb

02-14-2004, 04:26 AM	#6
gonebad2 Merciless Butcher Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: CC Nevada Posts: 1,447	I hear ya on the 50/50 chance. Kind of the same thing when you completelt remove the wiper system and it goes together 180 degrees off. I always tell myself I'll mark it this time but you know how that goes. Is it possible to install the lock cylinder upside down?....Just a thought. __________________ Your Bought And Sold....I Got Your Soul!

02-14-2004, 04:51 AM	#7
doughby82 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: springfield ill Posts: 836	dont think i got them in upside down.if they were the paws would run the oppsite way as the lock mechanism.also i think the locks only fit in one way __________________ springfield illinois 2003 custom (harley)built from scratch 68 swb

02-14-2004, 08:12 AM	#8
tom hand CCRider Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Olive Branch,MS,USA Posts: 2,232	I bet it is adjustment.....try pushing in on the door while locking it __________________ 72 GMC Sierra SWB almost finished---- 84 Softail Olive Branch MS

02-14-2004, 10:56 AM	#9
Blue Beard Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Washington State Posts: 8,834	If my memory serves me right the paws have to fit in a notch to work properly....... Seems I put them in wrong and they functioned like you mentioned.....actually was binding being in wrong..... __________________ 1970 Chev CST 2003 Harley Fatboy 1975 Chevrolet Step Van 1956 Chev Bel Air 1977 Blazer 2WD For Sale $3000.00 1978 Blazer 2WD For Sale $7000.00 1978 Silverado 2005 Monte Carlo

02-14-2004, 02:46 PM	#10
doughby82 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: springfield ill Posts: 836	its not the paws.the door lock knob on the inside wouldnt even move before the paws were installed __________________ springfield illinois 2003 custom (harley)built from scratch 68 swb



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