As a widow this was wonderful. The only hard part is putting the cable back in. We discovered that the instructions should include using baby vice grips to pull the cable to get enough slack to insert the small cylinder. We really struggled for at least 30 minutes before we figured this out
Wow. This was amazingly detailed and really helped me out with my minivan. Our sliding door rollers looked about like your old set there and it's been driving me crazy. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
This helped me disconnect the cables for the doors on both of my minivans and turn them back into manual doors. I hope your automatic door systems last longer than mine did!
I needed to replace the roller mechanism shown at 9:50. I'm new to car repair, and had never seen a pin like that before. Had a couple unsuccessful attempts at removing it. Never would have guessed it required smacking with a hammer. Thank you soooo much.
Like the way you masked off body to protect it. I would have used bearing grease on pin and each end of hinge... marking position of roller on door before removal makes a perfect install.
By the way, you can order the electric door roller part for an Odyssey with a manual door. It's a lower priced part and it works perfectly well. It has a couple of loops to accommodate the motor cable, but they are just ignored for the manual door.
Wonderful step by step video, and really appreciated the attention to detail, e.g. taking the time to zoom in to clearly show what you were doing. I have a few questions. First, did you remove a fuse to prevent the door motor from operating? Otherwise, how did you keep the motor from running? Second, I have seen it mentioned (in the Odyclub forum, for example) that white lithium grease should be used as a lubricant. Is it unnecessary to add grease to the new rollers or to try and clean out the track that the rollers are, uh, rolling on? Finally, what are the chances that it will be necessary to release the tension on the cable from the inside of the vehicle and how much complexity does that add to this process? Again, though, I want to compliment you on the excellence of this video. There's another highly viewed video on RUclips for this same replacement and I prefer yours. Thanks.
I didn't remove any fuses, we turned the automatic doors off a while back because they kept getting caught. although removing the fuse would do the job too. As far as the grease goes, I suggest using it for sure. I didn't because honestly it was over 100 degrees that day and I forgot lol. The tension was fairly tight to be honest, and it took me several tries to get it back into place. The reason I didn't relase the tension is because its very difficult to get to, it would have required taking a lot apart in the rear of the van. I have no idea why they didnt put an access panel anywhere for that. Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the video! And I hope your project goes well!
Also, can you do this by removing the pin while the bracket is still attached to the door? If so, this would eliminate the problem of not getting the bracket back in exactly the right position since it would remain attached. Or would it not be possible to line the new roller up well enough with the bracket to reattach it with the pin?
My door has no rollers asked machanic for repair cost but he said I had to go to a body shop. They're clueless or lazy. If I had a floor jack I'd do it myself. Parts from Honda went way up with the inflation bs
I'm sorry I couldn't help you, I watched several videos on how to loosen the cables before making the repair and I determined it would double if not triple the work load so I decided to do the repair without messing with the cables tension
As a widow this was wonderful. The only hard part is putting the cable back in. We discovered that the instructions should include using baby vice grips to pull the cable to get enough slack to insert the small cylinder. We really struggled for at least 30 minutes before we figured this out
I agree, this was by far the hardest part of the repair for me as well
You are the best !!! I have saved hundreds of dollars with the mechanic; It's a matter of patience, nice video and thanks a million
Great to hear! I'm glad I could help!
Thank you for the exceptional video, I know it had to have saved me from atleast a minor headache if not more!
Glad it helped!
Awesome video! Great talk through of the entire process. Thanks!
Thank you! I'm glad I could help!
Awesome video, I just did drivers side , piece of cake. Thanks for giving me the confidence to do the job. Thx for sharing.
Glad I could help! Thank you for the comment!
Wow. This was amazingly detailed and really helped me out with my minivan. Our sliding door rollers looked about like your old set there and it's been driving me crazy. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you! I'm glad I could help!
This helped me disconnect the cables for the doors on both of my minivans and turn them back into manual doors.
I hope your automatic door systems last longer than mine did!
Just wondering what you did specifically to turn them into manual doors again? After disconnecting cables did you remove them or just cut them off?
Done in under 30 minutes woooo woooo thank you !
Awesome! Great Job! I'm glad I could help!
I needed to replace the roller mechanism shown at 9:50. I'm new to car repair, and had never seen a pin like that before. Had a couple unsuccessful attempts at removing it. Never would have guessed it required smacking with a hammer. Thank you soooo much.
I am glad I could help!
Thanks my guy this video made the repair a breeze❤
Awesome and thank you
Im glad I could help!
Very grateful for your video. You saved me lots of exploration and the breaking of more parts while exploring.
Glad I could help!
Like the way you masked off body to protect it. I would have used bearing grease on pin and each end of hinge... marking position of roller on door before removal makes a perfect install.
sounds like you have done this a time or two before lol. Great tips!
40 years at Honda kinda helps
Fixing to do this repair. Hopefully it goes as smooth as yours. Thanks for your video.
I am glad I could help!
Hi AJ! Excellent presentation. God bless You! I can see God's help.
Thank you! I'm glad I could help!
You do realize that they are asking for over 2000$ to fix that? Thx a lot.
By the way, you can order the electric door roller part for an Odyssey with a manual door. It's a lower priced part and it works perfectly well. It has a couple of loops to accommodate the motor cable, but they are just ignored for the manual door.
Great tip!
Thank you dude! 10/10.
Glad it helped!
Having done the job, I would not have been able to get the pin without removing the bracket. It took a fair amount of banging.
Wonderful step by step video, and really appreciated the attention to detail, e.g. taking the time to zoom in to clearly show what you were doing. I have a few questions. First, did you remove a fuse to prevent the door motor from operating? Otherwise, how did you keep the motor from running? Second, I have seen it mentioned (in the Odyclub forum, for example) that white lithium grease should be used as a lubricant. Is it unnecessary to add grease to the new rollers or to try and clean out the track that the rollers are, uh, rolling on? Finally, what are the chances that it will be necessary to release the tension on the cable from the inside of the vehicle and how much complexity does that add to this process? Again, though, I want to compliment you on the excellence of this video. There's another highly viewed video on RUclips for this same replacement and I prefer yours. Thanks.
I didn't remove any fuses, we turned the automatic doors off a while back because they kept getting caught. although removing the fuse would do the job too. As far as the grease goes, I suggest using it for sure. I didn't because honestly it was over 100 degrees that day and I forgot lol. The tension was fairly tight to be honest, and it took me several tries to get it back into place. The reason I didn't relase the tension is because its very difficult to get to, it would have required taking a lot apart in the rear of the van. I have no idea why they didnt put an access panel anywhere for that. Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the video! And I hope your project goes well!
You did a great job. Thank you
Thank you! I'm glad I could help!
Also, can you do this by removing the pin while the bracket is still attached to the door? If so, this would eliminate the problem of not getting the bracket back in exactly the right position since it would remain attached. Or would it not be possible to line the new roller up well enough with the bracket to reattach it with the pin?
Ill be honest, I think this would make it a lot harder of a job, Im sure it can be done this way but Id be afraid id make more work for myself
Thank you!
You're welcome! Thank you so much!
Will this repair work on an automatic sliding door or would that be different?
These are automatic sliding doors, but the automatic part was somehow draining the battery while the vehicle was off so we unhooked it.
My door has no rollers asked machanic for repair cost but he said I had to go to a body shop.
They're clueless or lazy.
If I had a floor jack I'd do it myself. Parts from Honda went way up with the inflation bs
That sucks, Im sorry you had to go through all that. I hope my video helped you get it fixed yourself
Rock auto
The whole reason I needed this video was loosen the slack on the cable and unfortunately, you don’t show that .
I'm sorry I couldn't help you, I watched several videos on how to loosen the cables before making the repair and I determined it would double if not triple the work load so I decided to do the repair without messing with the cables tension
I believe it's "C" clip but I can't see it. I have seen all parts needing to be removed to get to tension release,. It's a PIA
Are your doors power sliding? You just demonstrated manually opening and closing the door...
It has cable. i assume that's for motor, then it should be a power sliding door.