Repairing broken Door Lock Mechanism on Nissan D21 Hardbody Pick ups
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- This video explains how to troubleshoot a Door Lock Mechanism that won't work with the key.
In this particular truck, the part that was causing the issue was a broken rod clip.
This part was not something we could find at any of the local Auto-part Stores, we ended up having to go to the Nissan Dealership to locate the broken part.
The part numbers for the broken rod clip are:
8053434A05 : Plate
8055234A00 : Holder
This video can also be used to learn how to remove the Door Panel on Nissan D-21 Pick-up Trucks.
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I've been a Nissan Hardbody buff for over 20 years. What a fantastic helpful video this is, right down to how to use part #'s!!
Thank you soooo much!
Here it is in 2020 and your video is the first one I found that shows the entire technique for repairing a Nissan with a manual lock problem. Thank you for posting. You gave me what I need to attempt this repair. Thank you.
2024 still the only one i found
Thank you. I watch another of videos on various issues for many different vehicles. You video is among the best. Short, concise with clear instructions and camera use. We'll done. I subscribed for these reasons.
Excellent video and explanation. I have exactly the same problem on my Nissan and have lived with it for a few weeks. After watching I am ready to fix the lock this week. (I have already had to replace the handles and their mechanisms a few times--usually because one or another plastic part broke.) Thank you for making the video, for posting the parts numbers and for so clearly showing how to install the parts.
A life saver! Thorough and to the point. My 97 hardbody driver side just did the same thing today.
Thank you for adding the part numbers. You just made my day easy!
James Tyson thanks cn i order that two small plastic pieces
Thanks for the part numbers! Exactly what I needed. Already had the same problem diagnosed and open and made myself a plastic fitting with a Dremel to get going but tolerances are fine and it's jamming and $3 gets me that little yellow part! And it was all about knowing how to describe it and what to call it!
I just did this sort of repair on both doors of my D21. A few pointers from my experience.
After removing the crank handle by puling that clip, put the clip back onto the handle. This prevents losing it. When you go to reinstall the handle, just push it on. No need to remove the clip again and put it on with the crank handle in place.
Those clips that hold the door panel to the door are a PITA. I got a panel clip pliers from Harbor Freight, which helped, but I had to modify it a bit because the two jaws did not line up properly and they weren't both sharp enough to slide under the panel and clip. A few minutes work with a propane torch and a pliers, to rebend one jaw, and on a grinder, to sharpen them, fixed that. A working tool makes the job easy, but you're probably going to want to have some spare clips around. I suggest ebay as a source of those, as they're $$ at the auto parts store, if you can even find what you need.
If it's cold, it's useful to warm plastic parts with a hair dryer before popping them apart. Plastic is much more flexible when warm than when cold.
My problem was different from the one in this video. Both outside handles had broken, and for a while it looked like I might get locked out of the truck if I weren't careful. What I discovered when replacing the handle is that I could not fit the internal parts together without first removing the three screws on the vertical edge of the door that hold the latch mechanism in place. No need to remove the latch, just let it drop about 1/2 inch, and then you can fit the internal parts together -- one part from the outside handle nests into one from the latch.
FWIW: Around 8:26 on the video you can see the inside of the keylock. Note that flat metal plate (with a lip in the foreground) that holds the keylock in place. This is very easy to remove and replace. I suspect that, in the factory, this entire assembly was installed at once, not piecemeal. IIRC, the entire mechanism can be withdrawn (to the outside) through the hole the keylock mounts in. I did have it out on one door, and had no trouble reinstalling it, but I didn't take notes.
Recently I've been using the trick of crazy glue + baking soda to repair or build up broken plastic parts. (There's lots of info on this trick on UA-cam.) I don't know whether that broken part in this lock mechanism could have been fixed that way, but it might be worth a try -- it's almost free, and there's no drying time for the repair.
Big help I'm fixing same on the passanger side. Gives me confidence and part number big plus! God bless you my friend!
Thank you for posting, this just happened to my 1996 D21 XE pickup this week. I took my panel of looked inside but had no idea how it was supposed to work. I was ready to take the other door panel off but I said let`s check UA-cam first and here you go. Thanks so much for the excellent video.
I spend 3 hrs trying to snap the yellow part w the white pin till I have up and finished viewing your vid then I saw the yellow part goes snap without the pin. I'm glad I didn't break the part. I'll get to it tomorrow God willing. I done this before 5 months ago for passanger side I'm doing the drivers side now.
Really happy to have a working door lock again!! Thanks!
Thanks from Japan. I had the exact same problem, and you saved me from breaking anything. Kudos. Thanks!!
Thank you for making this video. I now have two working doors on my truck.
The same thing can be achieved using two zip ties. one inside the lever hole [tight fit] and a zip tie that goes though that tie wrapped around that white plastic part [loose fit]. Thanks for the part number.
Make us a video !! :)
^william is eight
I mean *right!
Still won't last over time with cold weather they break
Great video. Very detailed, great camera angle you can see everything going on. Plus the part number for the parts. Thank you. Need to work on mine with same problem
Great video, thank you. Replaced broken driver's(RHS) side today, and was going to do passenger side but it seems some previous owner, in their wisdom, has glued the window winder to the shaft.
Outstanding Job Sir! This was the very same problem I had with my 91 niss d21 p/u. Thanks Soo Much and keep up the Good Work!!
i had this problem with mine.I just took the part out and put a hanger wire and that did the trick.
Great video man! Your video totally helped me out and was spot on! 🤙
Great video, understand completely, got the right parts, now the dreaded install...
Great video just what I needed
Or go to the parts store and get 'dorman door lock clip assortment' for about $4. It doesn't have an exact replacement but it does have a black rod clip I think is common for chevy that fits the hole and the rod perfectly. I could never get it to work by installing the rod clip first. I don't how you did that and it's not in the video, but I could never get it installed that way. Instead, I assembled the rod clip with the lock arm first, then sitting on a garage stool I was able to line up the assembly to the hole on the door lock and then push the rod clip in with one hand thru the bottom of the door frame and use a flashlight with the other hand thru the top so I could see what I was doing. It takes some practice but once you get the rod clip inserted into the hole then the whole bracket should stay in place for you so you can mount it to the door lock with the 'c' clip. The hard part is getting the rod clip into the hole. I used a bit of electrical tape jammed into the plastic bracket to keep the rod clip from twisting sideways. Once it's installed and you test the lock a few times, the tape should just fall out.
Cheers from New Zealand. Exact job needs doing on my WBY TD27 (D21). Perfect man, thanks again.
Just finished, got the parts in the mail yesterday, left off the little plastic washers, was a bit of a pain to get back on but the jobs done, works and doesn't interfere with the remote lock/unlock/alarm. They disabled them when they put in the alarm with the remote access, possibly to make it harder for thieves but that is not the way to get in to these trucks so really, a waste of time disabling the mechanisms, left the passenger side disabled. Cheers again.
Thank you! My exact problem also. I love my 93' Nissan D21 Pickup.
Exactly what I needed. Thanks dude! Great video.
Great video man! Very concise and quick.
Really good video. Even posting the part numbers. Most videos, I can't see the repair.
Nice tip about popping out the trim around the interior door handle popping it out from the back side nice tip thank you not a lot of extra BS on your video thank you very much keep it up
Thank you appreciate it great video really helpful
Thanks! I have the same problem and this is the exact thing I needed!
Exactly my trucks problem, thank you for great video!
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Thanks didn’t have my flashlight. Thanks for the part numbers also,
Very helpful video brother
Nice. Just happened to my hardbody. Ez fix. Thanks for the video.
Nice video, thanks. This part seems to have a rubbish design. I have my D21 for13 years, and mine just broke for the third time. 4th time replacing it now. I am going to have to scavenge the one off the passenger door for now to make this work till we can get spares. Lucky mine has central locking which works off the driver door key. This could however be the reason mine is not lasting very long because it has to push the central locking actuator and the normal lock which is putting additional strain on that part. I will take some measurements and see if we can do a 3D print of this part. But testing time will be long to see if it outlasts the Nissan part.
Nicely done. But how to fix broken lock mechanism when the door is locked and won't come open?
Use a slim Jim or coat hanger or something and pull up on the rod. Maybe just call roadside and see if they can get it unlocked if you have AAA maybe
Thank you sir. Much appreciated
Your video was very helpful. Thank you.
Thx man needed this!! liked
Awesome Job.
Thanks man, very helpful.
Good video!
thanks i was looking for part number
Thank you for the helpful vid
thank you for this very helpful
Thanks so much for your help
Thanks for the video !!
Super! BIG thanks!!!
Very helpful. Thanks.
Thank you great, very explicit video lol!
Thank you
Muy buen video, aunque no hablo ingles creo que le entedí pues las imagenes dicen màs que mil palabras, ahora si a reparar mi camioneta, el problema va a ser encontrar las piezas aquí donde vivo. Gracias por el video.
Thank you for this video
excellent video
Thank you!
Mine is broken from the passenger side now I know thanks man
Thank you so much.
I have same problem with my 90 Nissan D21 door lock . Question I want to leave off my door panel after I get it fixed , would that be ok to do ? I suspect more door lock problems because the little plastic dimestore pieces will probably brake off again and again . Please respond about leaving off door panel .
What tool did you use to remove the clip?
You know where I can get those pieces, cause I can't order here in California the agency say don't making any more.
Can you show how you got the rod in and able to lock
Gracias
I need to take the key barrel out but don’t know how, any suggestions?
How do you fix a door latch? Drivers door bot latching and unlatching
What is the part that hold the small metal rod and plastic peace
It's that desame as 2006 Xterra Nissan. I like to fixed my key door lock. It won't turn to unlock or turn it to lock it. A thief stick a flat head screw driver to broke the key lock....please help?
Thx
Lost those dang c clips would you happen to know where I could get new ones? Also how did you get them back on?
My truck driver door won't open from out our in. cause I guess cable came loose so how to I get in to fix cable?
how do you get the c clip out?
I used a small flat blade screwdriver.
What is the name of the white piece that the rod hold goes into? I'm missing one of mine..
Did you even find what its called or anywhere they sell them ?
Im hoping if i can get a part number or name to get because i still do not know where to get one. Or one the smaller white pieces that goes into the yellow one. All of these tiny parts are so hard to find.
Exact problem on mine..but where can i buy these parts ive search it but no one appears online..tnx for the answer..
www.ebay.com/itm/183112598027
1998..hmm I have 1991. Those part numbers say they wont fit my truck..
Nissan dealer can give you the part number for your 91. Most likely they stock it. I have replaced mine on my '91 at least 4 times. PITA (thus the reason I was looking at this video for an easier way) but it solves the problem.
How did u remove the c clip holding it
I levered mine out with a screw driver and fished it out of the door well using a recovery magnet. Levered it back on OK too. There are C-clip removal tools available.
Not a 1998. 1992-94 model.
both of them are broke on my 97 nissan; garbage ass design
ebay sells the parts
Super helpful. Thanks
very helpful, thanks!