-Replacement ake
I want to start of by apologizing ahead of this time if this is a little rough, i took pictures as i went and sometimes i forgot to take them..lol. Anyways, i though i'd post this diy seeing as i couldnt find anything that would help me and my situation. Hopefully this will come in handy for anyone else that runs into this same type of problem.
A little background: I currently own an 09 r3 equipped with ake (advanced keyless entry), after a while it seems like the rubber button begins to wear and kinda just falls off (see pic bellow), in my case it was the drivers side button that fell off. I checked with two local dealers and was told i would need to replace the entire door handle PN# FE8758410C67 for $300+ in parts & labor. I decided to little research of my own before i dropped that much on just a rubber button and found out it is completely false. What a surprise right? All you really need is the actual "lock switch" which you can easily get for $25. PN#FE87594B1A (This is for the left side/driver side) or FE87584B1A for the right side. I figured it would an easy Sunday morning project,
This is what it looked like when the button fell off.
Where to begin?
Well, i'd recomment taking a look at this Thread.
http://ift.tt/1qiGPlG
Once the outer panel is removed there's a couple bolts and screws that need to be undone to remove the inner panel (they're all 10mm i believe). I highlighted the ones that are attached to the inner panel along with the window mechanism and the window motor
-Its hard to see but the the wire on the left hand side connects the outside lock/unlock request button to the actuator.
After the inner door panels, window motor and window regulator are removed the window needs to be taken out for better access to the locking mechanism.
**i forgot to take a picture when i did this but youll have want to the rubber grommet, this will pretty much be how you access the bolts on the inside.
-the green arrow highlights where you'll be trying to get into.
youll want to use a 10mm socket w. an extention so remove this cover
once that is removed, youll have a clear view of this beauty.
-Blue arrow points to cable that leads to outside lock button
-Green arrow is a screw that needs to be removed
detach the outer door handle linkage
- There is two 10mm bolt that need to be removed. once the bolts are removed the locking mechanism has to be rotated about a quarter of a turn clock wise. When you do that it comes off and allows you to remove the door handle from the outside.
- on the flip side the button is help on by three tiny Phillips screws.
- and just like that swap them out and put it all back i reverse order.
Overall I'd say this is an easy project that can take anywhere from 2-3 hours. To be honest it was a fairly straight forward process but the one part you will have difficulties is accessing all the tight stops to get to the door handle.
FYI: If for one reason or another any of the clips that connect to the lock actuator arent completely connected then you'll have some issues. I did this and when i put everything back together the car honked but the driver side door didnt do anything when i pressed the ake or tried to lock it from the inside so i had to go back to step 1.
Enjoy!
I want to start of by apologizing ahead of this time if this is a little rough, i took pictures as i went and sometimes i forgot to take them..lol. Anyways, i though i'd post this diy seeing as i couldnt find anything that would help me and my situation. Hopefully this will come in handy for anyone else that runs into this same type of problem.
A little background: I currently own an 09 r3 equipped with ake (advanced keyless entry), after a while it seems like the rubber button begins to wear and kinda just falls off (see pic bellow), in my case it was the drivers side button that fell off. I checked with two local dealers and was told i would need to replace the entire door handle PN# FE8758410C67 for $300+ in parts & labor. I decided to little research of my own before i dropped that much on just a rubber button and found out it is completely false. What a surprise right? All you really need is the actual "lock switch" which you can easily get for $25. PN#FE87594B1A (This is for the left side/driver side) or FE87584B1A for the right side. I figured it would an easy Sunday morning project,
This is what it looked like when the button fell off.
Where to begin?
Well, i'd recomment taking a look at this Thread.
http://ift.tt/1qiGPlG
Once the outer panel is removed there's a couple bolts and screws that need to be undone to remove the inner panel (they're all 10mm i believe). I highlighted the ones that are attached to the inner panel along with the window mechanism and the window motor
-Its hard to see but the the wire on the left hand side connects the outside lock/unlock request button to the actuator.
After the inner door panels, window motor and window regulator are removed the window needs to be taken out for better access to the locking mechanism.
**i forgot to take a picture when i did this but youll have want to the rubber grommet, this will pretty much be how you access the bolts on the inside.
-the green arrow highlights where you'll be trying to get into.
youll want to use a 10mm socket w. an extention so remove this cover
once that is removed, youll have a clear view of this beauty.
-Blue arrow points to cable that leads to outside lock button
-Green arrow is a screw that needs to be removed
detach the outer door handle linkage
- There is two 10mm bolt that need to be removed. once the bolts are removed the locking mechanism has to be rotated about a quarter of a turn clock wise. When you do that it comes off and allows you to remove the door handle from the outside.
- on the flip side the button is help on by three tiny Phillips screws.
- and just like that swap them out and put it all back i reverse order.
Overall I'd say this is an easy project that can take anywhere from 2-3 hours. To be honest it was a fairly straight forward process but the one part you will have difficulties is accessing all the tight stops to get to the door handle.
FYI: If for one reason or another any of the clips that connect to the lock actuator arent completely connected then you'll have some issues. I did this and when i put everything back together the car honked but the driver side door didnt do anything when i pressed the ake or tried to lock it from the inside so i had to go back to step 1.
Enjoy!
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