Jeep Door Repair Hell - TJ Door Latch Repair And Door Disassembly
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- So my door latch stopped working, driver side. Join me as I embark on a much more difficult journey into TJ full door disassembly than I ever imagined.
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I remove the door panel and window crank early on in the video
At around 7:00 I describe how the latch works
At around 8:00 I give you a decent tour of how to adjust the door latch (which didnt help me!)
10:20 I'll show you around how the exterior latch is actually mounted in the door (with gator-clips from hell)
Around 14:00 I'll show you around the Crown Automotive replacement latches I bought.
Window removal begins around 16:50
Door latch install at 21:00
Rant-y door-lock isues at 23:40
door re-assembly from around 26:00 on!
WHEW!
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Had the same problem on my TJ but it was the passenger side. Rarely had passengers with me and when I did, it was just easier to reach across and open the door for them. If anybody ever asked why they couldn't open the door from the outside of the Jeep, I just told them it was a Jeep thing and they wouldn't understand. Thanks for walking us through the process. Glad I'm not the only one who knows Murphy 😁
Glad you liked it! Such frustration and aggravation..
Thank you so much for posting, the spring clip on the window crank saved my parents and I a ton of effort and frustration and possibly hundreds of dollars of mechanic and material costs. Much appreciated! Liked and subbed.
i’m so glad to hear my video helped you! Thanks for the sub!
Bro, thank you making this video; I tried taking pics for a rear disc brake swap right up and, lemme tell ya, it’s a LOT more time-consuming than one thinks. THANK YOU!
thanks! and thanks for watching!
Thanks
I thought it was an easy open up, remove and replace. Under the Arizona heat I was about to give up until I watch your video and got it done!
man, every time someone comments on this video thanking me for helping them through this hellish repair, it makes me smile. ;). i’m glad it helped!
Nice job. Doing this right now now
godspeed to you. ;)
Thanks for this video as I am working through the same process and it is frustrating.
Thanks for watching! I hope my frustration has been helpful. ;) I hope I never have to venture inside this door ever again.
Very helpful to know how to take my window out.I will try it tomorrow morning.Thanks for the video!!!
Thanks! I'm glad you found it helpful!
I did n got my full doors on.Up here the cold is kinda intense.Not the same as the Florida Keys! Lol but I be down there again one of this days.......
They make a tool to push the window crank clip back half way to get the handle off. Then when you put it back on you push the clip all the way back in then put the handle on the shaft and whack it with your hand. Easiest way and simple.
Save yourself a lot of grief and time...use a 1" holesaw and drill two holes, centered and on each side of the latch. It makes this job so much better.
Sure, but whats the "fun" in that? :P Make a video sharing how you did it man, I'll link it!
Thanks for posting this, question.. at 9:14 in the vid in ref to the door handle rod with the ajustment clip , how do you open that clip to move the threaded rod up or down ? Thanks for the advice.
I figured it out !! Easy : to release the rod from the clip ,spray clip with little wd40, insert a flat head screwdriver in the bottom of the clip , slightly rotate counter clockwise to open the clip while pushing the rod away from you toward the door exerior. ajust up or down (up in my case) and pop the rod back in the clip. Thanks for the great post and hope this helps someone else too
I'm glad you figured it out! This is from a few years ago, and I haven't been inside there since, so I dont know if I would have had an answer for you anyway. Thanks for watching! And thanks for sharing your fix!
Bro, I had the EXACT SAME SHIT happen to me!
First I had the damn alligator clips push through the first time.
Then I installed my damn handle and installed the door after putting the door card back on and everything, and found the door was locked.
Damn thing wouldn't unlock!
Turn the key and maintain pressure, then press the lock, and it unlocked!
Just wait until the thing that holds the vertical rod that attaches to the latch so the door handle can actuate it starts deciding it doesn't want to hold onto the rod anymore. You're in for a whole new world of shit.
Yea man! this door repair is one of those jobs that makes you wonder why you work on these things yourself!! My lj is mainly a trail rig now. really thinking of switching to some half doors it maybe some trail doors.
Thanks for the great video.
Thanks for watching!
I feel your pain on this. Just a word on half doors. No picnic either. Having a very frustrating time with my latches/locks on those right now.
yea, i dont have TJ half doors, but I was inside my YJ half doors once.. Not fun. :P at least there wasnt a window to fight with though.
thanks for watching!
Frustrating for you, but informative for us 😉. You are at your best in your very real garage. 👍
Thanks man I try to keep things realistic. So the average jeeper feels like they can do it.
I didn't have to take the window out but I got lucky. Was able to get those gator teeth door clips into position using a hemostat instrument. One from the bottom and one from the top (with the window rolled up). Then with my hand already inside the door able to push them down into their final position. I don't know if I'd be able to do it again. And I don't know how they do it originally at the factory.
Right? I'm guessing they have some special tool or a robot to do it.
On my 98 TJ I bought my passenger side exterior door handle from Rockauto made by Dorman part # 79399. I was able to put my door handle in without removing the window using a long needle nose locking hemostat pliers I got at Harbor Freight. I was lucky! If I have to do it again I will take the window out. With the door still open I accidentally tripped the mechanism that keeps the door shut. Now I cannot shut the door and I cannot push the mechanism back to where it was. I tried keeping the key turned to open pushing the inside unlock at the same time and that did not work!
Are you saying you triggered the latch, or the lock? From what I recall I was able to test the latching mechanism while the door was off the jeep by pressing a screwdriver into where the latch-hook usually goes. Then release it by pulling on the bar that the door handle attaches to.
Its a simple mechanism, but the whole thing is difficult to make sense of. Once you figure out what each lever does it starts to make a little sense.
Good luck. This project sucked, no candy coating that.
Crap my handle just did this tonight and that looks like a royal PITA
Good luck. ;)
Does anybody know what that crown-looking rubber bushing is called on the silver adjustment rod? I'm trying to find one to replace the old one because my door is rattling like crazy whenever I go over bumps because of it.
Nightmare is right, until you take the glass out....Easy to do(glass) and the only way I was ever going to get those gator clips installed....Too bad it took me 3 hours of hell till I did...lol....
Yep! Just take it out at the beginning. It just won't work otherwise.
This exact same thing is happening to mine. Both doors. And I’ve sent the Jeep to the mechanic and the door is still screwed up. So I’m gunna give it a go
Godspeed to you! The inside of these doors suck. I hope you have small hands! :P Honestly though, its a pain to work on these things, but its manageable. Good luck!
SWBCrawler shit I just painted the fenders and that took a whole day so hopefully this doesn’t
what happens the valet and us jerk the handle, ans bend . all car doors are to complex and stupid.
Ugh... dumb... sorry I had to deal with that... every time o let someone touch my jeep something goes wrong also
But how did you pull it off if the door handle wasn't opening it. My door handle stopped working inside and out and I can't open it atm
This was several years ago at this point. From what I remember i was still able to open it from the inside.
Thanks so much for this video! Of all the ones I viewed for this issue, yours was the most helpful - especially your recommendation that I take out the glass. However, Murphy also visited my garage and my door is now locked shut...I tried your suggestion of holding the key in the unlock position and pulling the door handle - no luck (uh oh..) Any other ideas on how to get my stuck locked shut passenger side door open?
I'm not sure what other methods might work. I think I got very lucky with mine. Do you have the door panel all back together? Iirc you may be able to pull the rod that goes to the latch manually to open it .
@@SWBCrawler thanks for the quick reply! Yes, unfortunately, I put the door panel back together. Everything was ok until I needed to lock my Jeep (I rarely lock it). Once I locked it, I was screwed. I saw another video where one of the commenters said he was able to remove the door panel with the door shut - not sure how to do that...
@@johnreblando yea. I'd imagine it's possible but man that'll be annoying. ;) Most of the door panel is just clipped on iirc. But the seat and possibly the dash will be in the way. That's going to be a pain. You might be able to get someone with a slim jim to open it.. that's out of my area is expertise tough.
@@SWBCrawler ok I managed to get the door panel off, but still can't get the lock to disengage. I know there's probably something jammed in there, but I can get to it. If I can just get the door open I can take the lock mechanism out...
Can't get to it
Get to it man my battery is dying
Yea... I make my videos thorough. Sometimes too thorough.
my door is stuck on from the inside & outside. any suggestions?
That's a tough one. You'll have to get the inside door panel off to get to it the way I did.
Nightmare folks... The inside of this door is a nightmare. Ok so it wasn't that bad. But I wish I'd have just taken the window out to start with. Other RUclipsrs suggested that it wasn't necessary... It is
I have the same problem but it doesnt open at all on either the inside or the outside. Im really fucked
Sorry to hear that! this is definitely an annoying and troublesome issue. you may have to try to get the inner door trim off while the door is on the jeep. that does not sound fun. good luck!
painful.
The install? or the video? I try by best to bring you guys quality content, the install on the other hand, yes, painful. :P Thanks for watching!
@@SWBCrawler the install! I did my passenger door with the help of this video, thanks!
@@bg1788 I am very glad it helped you! Suuuuuch a pain! Ha! Thanks!