Swap driver / passenger door locks

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Post Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:25 pm

My driver's side door lock is currently fine, but is noticeably worse than the passenger side. Is it possible to switch the barrels over between the two as the passenger side one is probably as good as new.
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Post Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:58 pm

I'm pretty sure the answer is no, because the lever arm that sticks out the back of the barrel will be pointing in the wrong direction.
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Post Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:13 pm

Also, double lock works only on driver door look!
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Post Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:22 pm

When a lock rebuild kit costs only £20 or so,why bother?
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Post Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:01 pm

daimlerman wrote:When a lock rebuild kit costs only £20 or so,why bother?
Because swapping them over is free.
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Post Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:41 am

TheDutch wrote:
daimlerman wrote:When a lock rebuild kit costs only £20 or so,why bother?
Because swapping them over is free.
But swapping them over does not work as the things are handed! :D
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Post Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:54 am

daimlerman wrote:
TheDutch wrote:
daimlerman wrote:When a lock rebuild kit costs only £20 or so,why bother?
Because swapping them over is free.
But swapping them over does not work as the things are handed! :D
That seems to be open to discussion, have you tried swapping just the barrels?

Alternatively, is the lock rebuild kit different for each side?
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Post Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:01 am

Looks like it could be viable:

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Post Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:02 am

The 'hole' in the door skin is keyed to the lock barrel,so not only will the barrel not fit,if it did fit then the lock lever would face the wrong way.
If you strip each lock you will almost certainly find damage like this;

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Lock repair kits are not only handed,but specific to driver/pax door,so a LHD driver's door lock is different to a RHD pax door lock.This is due to the 'deadlock' arrangement.

Hunt up 'bigwinn' s recent thread,this shows exactly what is involved.
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Post Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:08 am

daimlerman wrote:Lock repair kits are not only handed,but specific to driver/pax door.
That settles it for me then. I look forward to when I have to do mine in a few years and find the rebuild kits are now £184+VAT.