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Originally Posted by SD1too
So the fault was a bent linkage ("dogbone"), have I got that right?
Well done Bill and Martin!
Simon
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The dogbone linkage was rotating asymmetrically. I had a new one, but the old one was held so tight in the key barrel linkage I bailed from trying to pull it out for fear of damaging the plastic casing around the drive from the key barrel. I had to satisfy myself with just lining it up better so that when I offered up the new actuator it was as symmetrical as possible. The dogbone itself wasn't actually bent. In fact, the new one I received looked so solid, I felt happy leaving the old one in, but remain puzzled as to why I couldn't remove the old one and whether it being held so tightly might be a portend of future problems?
I've filed away 'Stocktake's' advice that there is a cable connecting the barrel assembly to the lock assembly. If the driver's door starts playing up again, I'll be taking off the barrel assembly and investigating that cable and the mechanism. Just now however, all is well, and I'm a dog with three tails and a spare dogbone
