Can a broken door handle spring cause an intermittent unlocking problem?
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Can a broken door handle spring cause an intermittent unlocking problem?
I have an intermittent problem where the driver side door won't unlock with the key or power door locks without many, many tries. I removed and cleaned the latch but don't see anything wrong with it. I did find that the spring on the door handle (the one under the handle) is broken. I have ordered a new handle. Any chance that this is the source of my problem?
On the latch, should I just lube the moving points and springs with SAE 30? Any concern with the whole thing rusting now that it is so clean? Thanks!
On the latch, should I just lube the moving points and springs with SAE 30? Any concern with the whole thing rusting now that it is so clean? Thanks!
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From: New Hill NC
I have an intermittent problem where the driver side door won't unlock with the key or power door locks without many, many tries. I removed and cleaned the latch but don't see anything wrong with it. I did find that the spring on the door handle (the one under the handle) is broken. I have ordered a new handle. Any chance that this is the source of my problem?
On the latch, should I just lube the moving points and springs with SAE 30? Any concern with the whole thing rusting now that it is so clean? Thanks!
On the latch, should I just lube the moving points and springs with SAE 30? Any concern with the whole thing rusting now that it is so clean? Thanks!
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I went round and round with my 78s driver side door lock for about a month, removing the door pnl and checking and lubing everything. It would work for a little while then embarrass me in some parking lot as I found myself having to crawl into the drivers seat from the passenger side. I finally gave up and took it to a great corvette specific shop in Tampa, Fl and after expecting a huge bill for replacing the latch assy, I was told after about 45 minutes that they had replaced the door handle assy and from what I recall it was under 100 bucks. Haven't had a problem since. Funny thing is I've had a new handle in my shop to replace the old scratched up one but never got around to it!
