R60 Driver door latch
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Driver door latch
My drivers door latch was sticking not allowing me to shut my door. I pulled the inner panel off to make sure the cable was not stuck all seemed fine. I removed the latch beat on it a bit and it became unstuck and seemed to work fine. I didn't trust it so I bought a new (aftermarket) latch from ebay. I installed the latch and tried it before full assembly. It worked fine the 1st few times and then it didn't. The 1st time it didn't work I pulled the lever for the inside cable and it opened. Closed the door again and the outside worked again a few times and then didn't. this time pushing the lever for the inside latch does nothing and now I cannot get my door open. Fortunately the door panel is still off but not sure what to do. Any ideas?
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my door panel was off and I could see and put my fingers on both cable ends. The were both pulling full in fact after locking the door when you pulled on the inside cable the lock came up like it was now unlocked but would not unlatch the door. I got the door open by using a screw driver and pry bar splitting the housing of the latch in two. I flipped the latch cam and opened the door. I ended up cleaning and lubing the original factory latch and reinstalling. Everything working fine now. The new latch I put in definitely malfunctioned internally.
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