Thanks for the great information. I just fixed my rear door lock actuator using the excellent instructions from above.
A couple of notes that may answer some questions that I saw posted here.
Thanks again.
A couple of notes that may answer some questions that I saw posted here.
- My vehicle is a 2000 Land Cruiser.
- I was able to remove the door handle connecting rod by rotating the yellow retaining clip 90 degrees and then used a pair of needle nose pliers to compress the tip of the rod with plastic mechanism that connects to the door handle (a crappy description, I know).
- To open up the Actuator housing I placed the unit in the oven at 220 F for about 15 minutes. The plastic should be rated to at least 120 C (250 F) so that gave me some margin.
- The house came apart pretty easily using a flat wide screwdriver to break the welds.
- The motor had the brass collar with flats to drive the worm gear. The shaft length in 10mm while the brass collar is 5mm.
- The worm gear easily slipped on and off the brass collar.
- I reassembled the housing using several spots of epoxy where the original weld was. Hopefully, it will hold and I will still be able to disassemble it without trashing it in the future.
Thanks again.