The Broken Door Lock Actuator Was Fixable !

[XR6-VCT-2000]

Well I got this morning off, and decided to finaly check out the actuator on my car.

The usual story with it, it would not lock and was making a long click sorta sound, i've had the bar inside the door disconnected from the door handle for about 2 months now and I was sick of leaning over to opening the door for the missus all the time , and bugger if i was gonna pay around $150 for a small part like that ! ( unless i realy had too ! ) .lol


Anyway, I pulled it apart and found (in my case anyway) that the wormgear that drives the lock mechanism was broken / cheap plastic wormgear ! .

I cleaned the grease off it , prepped it , then superglued it back together.
It was actually a pretty clean break/snap and glued back perfectly - besides where it broke it doesn't use that part of the wormgear anyway , so it wouldn't of mattered if it didnt match perfect anyway. (it only uses about 2cm of the middle of the wormgear)

Then i carefully drilled a 1.5mm wide hole about 2.5cm deep down the but of the wormgear (starting from the larger gear end), then stuck a 1.5mm wide hot nail down the hole to soften it a bit, then screwed a 2mm wide 2.5cm long screw down the but of it to support it and stop it from breaking again.

Seems nice and solid and is working like a charm again, Saved myself some $$

here's the before and after pics

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AFTER: