VAZ 2109: jambled door lock - how to fix

VAZ 2109 Door locks are designed to preserve vehicles. From how reliably work, not only the safety of the car depends, but also the confidence of its owner, that everything will remain in their places in the absence of the owner.
The article proposes to get acquainted with the issue of repairing the device with your own hands in the case of its jamming.

The main types of damage castle VAZ 2109

The reasons when the repair or replacement of the castle on the VAZ 2109 car can be:

• Refraction of the wire. This is the most banal cause of breakage. When diagnosing exactly this malfunction to perform the repair of the lock, you need to find the place of gust and restore the wiring.
• But most often the reason for the VAZ 2109 the door lock is jammed, due to the fact that the lock is "falling", which joins the traction of the door lock.
• The executive mechanism itself may fail. In this case, it is just necessary to replace it.

After assembling the door, testing the quality of the manufactured repair lock will fully function.

How to replace the castle

The designs of the locks on the front and rear doors of the car are fundamentally the same, the difference is to install cylinders of lock switches on external handles on the front doors.
Instructions How to replace the front door lock below:

• The lower seal is pressed, and the three clamps from the springs to fix the film to protect and one below are removed from above.
• The door removes the protective film.
• Inside the lock, the thrust of the lock switch and the external handle are disconnected.

• Two screws retaining are unscrewed.

Tip: When assembling the screws, a sealant was applied to the screw threads, so when twisting, you need to use the shock screwdriver.

• The outer door lock is removed.
• Two screws fastening the inner handle of the device are turned away.
• The handle pushes inside the door.
• Pull out of the door inner lock and handle, as shown in the photo.

• From the end of the thrust the rubber holder is removed.
• A handle is removed from the thrust. At the same time, it must be checked.
• A lock bracket is disconnected from the finger of the lever.
• Disconnects from the inner lock of the inner handle.
• A plastic holder is rotated and removed from the lever to the end of the thrust to block the device.
• Two nuts, fixing the outer handle of the lock, are unscrewed.
• The handle is removed.
• The plastic thrust tip is removed from the door lock cylinder.
• Removes a stop spring. For this, its ends are derived from the slots on the handle of the castle and the cylinder.

• The key is inserted into the lock cylinder, and the part is removed from the handle.
• Repair and replacement of elements failed, or a new castle is installed.
• The assembly of the node occurs in the reverse order.
• If necessary, the lock is adjustable. To do this, the screw tightening is weakened and the retainer moves:

1. outward, when tight door closure;
2. inside, in the case of closing the door is not tight;
3. down if the door is lifted when closed.

• After adjusting the device, screws are tightened.

Tip: If necessary, remove the retainer, you need to pre-encourage its outline on the body rack. This will help save when installing the door lock adjustment.

How to take on car VAZ 2109 Doors locks clearly visible on video.

How to install a silent lock on the door of the car VAZ 2109

Very often you can hear when closing the doors of VAZ 2109 unpleasant metal cladding, especially in old models. This is due to the fact that the lock is enshrined outside the door and when it is closed, it comes into contact with the metal parts of the case and the characteristic sound is created.
Now manufacturers produce. They are sold in pairs, left and right, the price of their acceptable.
If there is 2109 on the VAZ 2109 car, then it is better to immediately replace it with silent.
For this you need:

• Unscrew the bolts holding the old castle on the car door.

• The stud is screwed into the place of the outlet bolt, otherwise the inner part of the castle may fall inside the door.
• The old castle is removed and silent is installed.
• Bolts are twisted with maximum effort. Propected with a shock screwdriver.
• You can put the fingers of the retainer or silent bolts.

The installation operation ends with adjustment of locks. In this case, the position of the retainer changes, due to the large holes in the rack.
For this:

• On the rack outlines the loop outback.
• When you have a tight door opening, you need to loosen the screws that hold the retainer, it moves outward, and the screws are tightened.
• With a loose door closure, the lock must be moved inside.
• If when the door is closed, the lock must be lifted, and drop down when the door is lifted.

Tip: In order not to disrupt the adjustment of the retainer, it is necessary to install a gasket from the waterproof sanding skirt. With the same gaskets under the retainer, you can adjust the distance between the retainer and the rack. It is necessary that the finger of the retainer does not touch the cover of the outer lock.

Installing a silent castle guarantees a motorist. No stall and clanging.