Door locks hold the door in a closed position and prevent it from opening spontaneously while moving. The doors should be level, without distortions. The gaps between the door and the body must be the same around the entire perimeter. Otherwise, adjustment of the VAZ 2107 door locks or repair (replacement) of door hinges is necessary.
Important: it is useless to adjust the doors with faulty door hinges. Therefore, if they have play or are positioned incorrectly, the problem must be corrected. The VAZ 2107 doors should be adjusted after replacing or adjusting the hinges. Otherwise, the door will not close easily, even if it is fixed evenly with ideal gaps.
Door opening method
If the VAZ-2109 door does not open from any side, then the cause of the breakdown is difficult to determine, since there is absolutely no access to the lock mechanism.
A somewhat simplified version of the breakdown occurs when the door does not slam shut completely and gets stuck in that position. Then it is possible to reach the latch from the outside with a sharp object.
To open a jammed door, you must first perform the following steps:
When simple means do not produce results, the door will have to be opened from inside the cabin, which will require removing its trim.
In practice, this is not easy to do, because the casing is pressed by the sash and it is difficult to pull it out without damage. But there is still no other way out: it is better to damage the inner panel than to mutilate the door itself.
To dismantle the decorative panel, you need to unscrew the armrest handle with a screwdriver, and then the storage shelf located at the bottom of the door card. Then the button that secures the lock from above is unscrewed and removed.
Lastly, the window lifter handle and the opening handle frame are removed. Now you need to carefully separate the lining from the body using a pair of flathead screwdrivers and another suitable tool.
You may be able to remove the trim without visible damage.
When the decorative panel is removed, access to the lock mechanism from the inside opens, although getting to it is inconvenient. Immediately check whether the rod running from the handle to the lock has fallen off. This is a fairly common malfunction that can be fixed with little effort. Put the rod in place and open the door.
If there are no visible reasons for the breakdown, simply try to open the door from the inside by working on the mechanism with various tools. If necessary, enlist the services of an assistant who will press or pull the door from the outside. Experience shows that such procedures for opening jammed doors can take a lot of time, so you will have to be patient.
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Causes of malfunctions
There are several types of malfunctions that prevent the doors of a VAZ-2109 from opening from the outside or from both sides:
The latter malfunction sometimes occurs due to the fault of the car owner himself, who has decided to change or repair the door lock. Having put it in place and not fully tightened the screws, the owner of the VAZ-2109 accidentally slams the door, after which it will not be possible to open it with the handle.
Troubleshooting
If a key or silumin rod breaks, you should not immediately buy a new block with a handle. On sale you can find special repair kits for VAZ 2108-099 door handles, which contain these parts in 2 copies.
This way you will save money and easily change the key yourself by removing the handle using the following sequence of actions:
- Remove the decorative panel.
- Disconnect the rod connecting it to the locking device from the handle mechanism.
- With the glass fully up, unscrew the 2 fastenings of the handle to the door card.
- Remove the handle, replace the parts and put it back.
If the rod is disconnected, then you need to remove the inner lining and put it in place, as described above. Using the moment when the facing panel is removed, check what caused the disconnection of this rod so that history does not repeat itself when the door is slammed.
Malfunctions of the locking mechanism can only be eliminated by removing it. In a situation where the device has a lot of wear, as happens on the driver and front passenger doors, it is recommended to replace the lock with a new one.
After installing it in place, adjustment will be required to ensure precise alignment of the locking parts. To adjust, the lock will have to be fixed in different positions, achieving the optimal one.
Replacing door hinges (VAZ Classic)
Since the car is from 1986, the driver's door hinges are tired, especially the bottom one, and the door sags accordingly. Not every straightener undertakes to replace hinges; they mostly offer door replacement, although now it’s not easy to find a good one
door, and in this door I have changed a lot. In general, replacement is not my option, I decided to change it myself and, as it turned out, there are no difficulties in this, everything is simple and quick. I ordered the hinges here > Avtoall First, I disassembled the new hinges, cut off the rod on one side with a grinder and knocked it out
The part that is intended to go inside the door is thrown away. Then I removed the door, capped it and drilled with drills in increasing order
After the old rod is drilled in the middle, the remains are knocked out in different directions.
Since I started covering my car with film, I covered the new hinges with film and put them in place. To prevent the rod from falling out, I welded it on top with a drop of welding. The top hinge was not very worn, but the bottom hinge, which is welded into the door, was also worn out, so I welded the rod on both sides and the play disappeared completely.
Next, I refined and put the door in place; I had to spend some time setting up the gaps, because... I installed it for the first time, but in the end everything was perfect, no sagging, the gaps were even, and I started installing silent front-wheel drive locks on an almost new door, but that’s another post.
