Had the pleasure of changing all my lock barrels today. Ignition was easy, drivers door was a right PITA because I had to refit all the links for the door handle mechanisims etc. Then when it came to the passenger door I had a flash of inspiration ! On the end of the door about 30mm below the level of the lock barrel is a small rubber bung. If you remove that and peer up the hole with torch you can just see the tang that holds the lock barrel in place in the door handle assembly. Poke that with a long screwdriver while jiggling the lock barrel with the key and eventually the barrel pops out. New one back in and all complete within 5 mins and no door card etc etc etc to put back together.
Apologies if someone has spotted this before, but it seemed almost too easy to be true.
Xantia: Top tip for changing the door lock barrels
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MW
- Posts: 159
- Joined: 01 Jul 2002, 19:16
Nice one. I've had a set of brand new lock barrels sitting around the place ever since I had the ignition switch and lock replaced a couple of years ago.***
Never got round to fitting them. I'll give it a go.
Mike
(*** Why the new ignition lock? Don't ask. The missus borrowed the car, and her key turned out to be bent. She didn't notice that after she'd started the car the starter motor still seemed to be running - 'cos the lock was jammed in full-on position! She then drove a mile up the dual carriageway with the starter still in gear. Melted the starter motor and the ignition lock - very lucky not to have fried the loom and the electronics too. Five hundred quid bill from my friendly Cit dealer....
Never got round to fitting them. I'll give it a go.
Mike
(*** Why the new ignition lock? Don't ask. The missus borrowed the car, and her key turned out to be bent. She didn't notice that after she'd started the car the starter motor still seemed to be running - 'cos the lock was jammed in full-on position! She then drove a mile up the dual carriageway with the starter still in gear. Melted the starter motor and the ignition lock - very lucky not to have fried the loom and the electronics too. Five hundred quid bill from my friendly Cit dealer....
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caveman_si
- Posts: 200
- Joined: 29 Jan 2004, 23:46
the first door you do is a PITA but once uve done one it gets lots easier in my experince. ON my pug 405 Ive had lots of fun repeatly taking my locks to bits (A sticky mech kept burning out the drivers door central locking motor) Its very similar to the cits from what ive seen. The bung holes are a great way to just change the lock as long as you can slide the clip back on. (how to do it this way is described in the haynes book of lies and the tool they recomend).
only trouble i found is when the clip gets jammed and doesnt fit properly that tiny hole isnt big enough for the italian drift so its door panel off time. Which doesnt really take that long and isnt that fiddly really.
hth simon
only trouble i found is when the clip gets jammed and doesnt fit properly that tiny hole isnt big enough for the italian drift so its door panel off time. Which doesnt really take that long and isnt that fiddly really.
hth simon