EugeneTheJeep
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Did you know the door wiring connectors have a built-in mechanism to prevent the pins from bending? Did you also know that whoever puts the connectors together at the factory hardly ever installs this mechanism properly, hence all the issues with bent pins? If you want to take your front doors on and off, follow these steps:
1. Remove the door and use a trim removal tool to pop the dash side of the connector off. Inspect the pins and sides of the connector. There is a white plate that slides up and down the pins when you turn the lever keeping them straight and protected. Look at the image below to see the tabs on the plate and the grooves they are supposed to be riding in.
2. If the pins are straight and the tabs are in the grooves, the plate should be low on the connector, and only short lengths of the pins should be exposed. The factory might have jammed the plate in past the tabs so that too much of the pins are exposed. This leads to bending. If so, bend the pins with a trim removal tool or likewise so that they’re straight.
3. Now use a small flathead screwdriver to push the two tabs on the lever (where it says “Push” in the image) to release the lever so it can be turned without plugging in the door side of the connector. You now can move the plate along the pins by nudging it on the sides of the connector (inside the grooves of the lever).
4.If you get it right position, the plate will pop into place when you open the lever fully. Just watch how you can move the plate up and down manually on the sides and with the lever.
Once you have the pins straight and the plate in the tabs, you should be good to go. I hope this helps.
1. Remove the door and use a trim removal tool to pop the dash side of the connector off. Inspect the pins and sides of the connector. There is a white plate that slides up and down the pins when you turn the lever keeping them straight and protected. Look at the image below to see the tabs on the plate and the grooves they are supposed to be riding in.
2. If the pins are straight and the tabs are in the grooves, the plate should be low on the connector, and only short lengths of the pins should be exposed. The factory might have jammed the plate in past the tabs so that too much of the pins are exposed. This leads to bending. If so, bend the pins with a trim removal tool or likewise so that they’re straight.
3. Now use a small flathead screwdriver to push the two tabs on the lever (where it says “Push” in the image) to release the lever so it can be turned without plugging in the door side of the connector. You now can move the plate along the pins by nudging it on the sides of the connector (inside the grooves of the lever).
4.If you get it right position, the plate will pop into place when you open the lever fully. Just watch how you can move the plate up and down manually on the sides and with the lever.
Once you have the pins straight and the plate in the tabs, you should be good to go. I hope this helps.
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