Rayz2000Sport
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- 2000 Ford Explorer Sport
Recently my driver side door lock has been acting up. As in, it is extremely rare that it unlocks when it should. It would take multiple (sometimes to a ridiculous degree) tries, wether it was with the keyless or with the key itself. I took some athletic tape and anchored it to the "button" that pops up when the door unlocks in order to give myself some leverage.
Over the weekend, I took plenty of lubricant and sprayed it all around the latch. Once I locked and unlocked it a few times it seemed to improve the overall operation of the lock.
Today, I was re lubing the latch when I noticed a spring that was just kind of sitting there. So, after a few tries I got the spring out. Here are some pictures of it.......
It looks like the one end is broken, I do not know if it will show up to well in the pictures, the long end away from the spring body.
My question is, what is this spring and how do I fix the door? I have the door unlocked and I am leaving it that way until I find out about this part.
Do I need a new latch, or is there more to it than that? If I do need a new latch, where is a good place to get one/get one fast? Online source perhaps??
Any help will be very appreciated.
Over the weekend, I took plenty of lubricant and sprayed it all around the latch. Once I locked and unlocked it a few times it seemed to improve the overall operation of the lock.
Today, I was re lubing the latch when I noticed a spring that was just kind of sitting there. So, after a few tries I got the spring out. Here are some pictures of it.......
It looks like the one end is broken, I do not know if it will show up to well in the pictures, the long end away from the spring body.
My question is, what is this spring and how do I fix the door? I have the door unlocked and I am leaving it that way until I find out about this part.
Do I need a new latch, or is there more to it than that? If I do need a new latch, where is a good place to get one/get one fast? Online source perhaps??
Any help will be very appreciated.