[TR] TR6 Door Lock removal

[Bud R]

Sounds like a job for small needle nose vise grip pliers. I use them  
to pull dust caps off wheels also.

Or can you get a plastic wire tie on it to squeeze the collar leg  
while you push it out?


Bud Rolofson

71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
71 Spitfire MK IV Race Car #3
93 Minnie Winnie Race Support Vehicle
77 Z-50A Hardly Davidson Honda Mini-Trail Bike (Triumph Pit Bike)








On Mar 3, 2013, at 10:17 AM, suhringtr36 at comcast.net wrote:

> I have been taking care of the "small" announces on my '70 TR6 that  
> do not
> inhibit my driving, but have remained on the to do list for some  
> time.  One of
> them is the "privacy" door lock on the driver's side door.  When I  
> go to lock
> the door, the cylindar partially comes out of the hole in the door,  
> but the
> door will lock. So, upon removing the door panel (back end at least)  
> you can
> see the lock slide outward on the side that does not have the collar  
> leg that
> is to secure the lock to the door.  All I can figure is that I have 2
> passenger side locks since the passenger side also only has one  
> collar leg,
> but it is facing away frmo the door jam and therefore, with that on  
> one side
> and the lock fork on the other, the two hold the lock steady in the  
> hole.  So,
> I need to remove the lock from the door to see of I can fix this.   
> The problem
> I am facing is how to push in the collar leg so I can push out the  
> lock
> cylindar through the hole.  I canot hold it in tight enough with my  
> one finger
> to allow it to slide and I canot for the life of me figure out what  
> sort of
> tool to use that would hold this in while allowing the lock to slide  
> out. I
> have tried a screw drive to press it in, but this did not work.  The  
> manula
> says use an appropriate tool, but I have no idea what this might  
> be.  Anyone
> BTDT that can help.  TIA
>
> Scott Suhring
> Mechanicsburg,PA
> '70 TR6
> '59 TR3A
>
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