FRONT DOOR LOCK.

[AndersLS]

Hello forum...is it easy to repair a defective front door lock?
The central locking works...just not when you use the "main" door.

Any help would be appreciated...

Anders..

[DanThe]

Is it the key that wont lock the car, or the pin?

[AndersLS]

Danthe...I think its the pin. The key goes in,...and rotates...but nothing happens.

[DanThe]

I mean the door pin that you press to lock the car from the inside,
does the key not lock the drivers door either?

[AndersLS]

Danthe...when I try to lock the drivers door from the outside...the key goes in and turns, but the door(s) doesnԚ´t lock. When I lock the door from the inside(pressing the pin) it locks everything just fine.

So the only way I can lock the car from the outside is via the boot lock.

[DanThe]

Sounds like you have some problems with the lock barrel itself, ie. not turning onto the microswitch or flicking the lock lever. The deadlock parts do tend to wear out a lot
What about the other door?

[ian332isport]

Hi Anders,

It's not uncommon for the mechanism on the inner end of the lock barrel to break or fail in such a way that the barrel turns, but the linkage on the end does not.

Have a read through some of the lock articles here for more info.

http://www.bmwe30.net/cgi-bin/datacgi/d ... Section=01

Cheers,

Ian.

[Templ8e30]

You can buy a lock repair kit from the BMW dealer for about Ԛ£18, it comes with all the lock parts and a bag of coding pins so you can code it to use your existing keys.

Part number is REPAIR KIT LOCK CYLINDER RIGHT 51219061344. I think

Cheers,

Iain T

[DanThe]

Great info Iain
No more messing about with 20 year old barrels for me

[AndersLS]

Ian...just perfect!

[Andy335Touring]

I did this over christmas, not a hard job when you follow the guide that Ian posted and take a few pictures of it your self before you start to take it apart, this is what you get in the kit.