bradleyheathhays

Hopefully I'm not missing something here but just looking at this seems like a fairly simple job. Haven't done this one yet so just wanted to run it past everybody real fast.

My driver door actuator is attached to a L bracket that appears to be riveted to the inside of my door.





From what I can see I need to drill out the rivets, disconnect the actuator from the lock and electrically, remove the bracket and put it on the new actuator, and reinstall with two short bolts where the rivets were.

Any thing I need to know about or steps I've missed?

I'll also be replacing both actuators in the rear doors as well. Any specific advice there?

Thanks

bradleyheathhays

A pic of the rivet heads after door card and rubber barrier removed...



Here's a shot of what I'm intending to do with replacing the rivets with small bolts or machine screws...



The actuator is attached to the back side of the L bracket which curves around to the back side and can't be seen in this pic.

Since theres so little clearance between the bracket and the actuator the procedure would be, when everything is apart, to insert the screws (green) into the bracket first then attach the actuator to the other side. Then place the whole assembly inside the door and use the screws placed initially in the bracket to mount everything in the door. There would be no good way to hold on to the head of the screws so I'm hoping they'll just catch when I go to tighten. Probably could use some lock tite as well.