Removal and installation door locks (Opel Astra G)

Front doors

1. Remove the door interior trim panel and the insulating plastic membrane (see Removal and installation of interior trim panels).

2. Raise the glass, drill out the rivets securing the guide channel to the inner door panel and remove the channel through the hole in the panel. Pull out the red button through the hole in the door and disconnect the contact connector of the single lock wiring.



3. Disconnect the control rods from the lock through the hole in the door; the rods are secured with plastic clips.

4. At the rear edge of the door, remove the three screws securing the lock to the door panel.



5. Lower the lock down and remove it from the door frame, simultaneously releasing the lock release button and guide through the hole in the door panel.





6. Release the cable sheath fastening clamp to the inside door handle and the lock release button and disconnect the cables from the lock.



7. Installation is carried out in the reverse order. Check the correct functioning of the lock by simulating the striker pin with a screwdriver. If the lock does not open well with the handle, make the appropriate adjustment of the rod length by rotating the plastic toothed wheel at its end.

Rear doors

1. Lower the window completely. Remove the door interior trim panel and the insulating plastic membrane (see Removal and installation of interior trim panels).

2. Remove the mounting screws and separate the lock release button drive cable housing from the door panel, disconnect the cable end from the intermediate lever.



3. Release the plastic retainer and disconnect the handle rod.

4. At the rear edge of the door, remove the three screws securing the lock to the door panel.

5. Slide the lock forward through the hole in the door to allow the electrical wiring to be disconnected - pull out the red button.

6. Disconnect the lock cable from the mount and remove the lock from the door frame together with the handle and the drive cable of the release button, simultaneously releasing the latter.

(Text copied from an online resource: «opelbook.ru»)



7. Disconnect the cable sheath fastening end from the inside door handle and the lock release button and disconnect the cables from the lock.

8. Installation is carried out in the reverse order. Check the correct functioning of the lock by simulating the striker pin with a screwdriver.