Remove the front door trim (see Removal the front door trim) and a protective film (see Removal the front door glass).
We connect the wiring block of the window lifter motor-reducer with the wiring block of the switch block and raise the window.
Using a screwdriver, press the plastic clamps of the two rods…
…and disconnect rod 1 from the lever of the cylinder mechanism of the lock and rod 2 from the lever of the outer handle.
Using a 10 mm socket with an extension, unscrew the two bolts securing the outer handle…
…and pressing the handle lock…
…we take it off.
The cylinder mechanism of the lock can be replaced without removing the outer handle.
For clarity, we show the operations on a removed handle.
Using pliers, remove the spring retainer..
…and we take out the cylinder mechanism of the lock.
To remove the door lock, disconnect the rods from the lever of the lock cylinder mechanism and the lever of the outer door handle (see above).
Using a screwdriver, pry off the plastic retainer on the inner door handle rod (for clarity, shown on a removed lock)…
…we move the retainer away from the rod and disconnect the rod from the lock.
Similarly, we disconnect the other rod of the inner handle from the lock.
Using a Phillips screwdriver, unscrew the three screws securing the door lock…
…and we take it out together with the central lock switch and two rods of the outer handle through a technological hole in the inner door panel.
After pressing the lock, we disconnect the wiring harness block from the central lock switch.
To disconnect the cylinder mechanism rod of the lock…
…we use a screwdriver to press the plastic rod retainer…
…and remove the rod from the retainer.
To disconnect the outer handle rod…
…we use pliers to squeeze the two petals of the plastic rod holder…
…and remove the rod holder from the lock lever hole.
To remove the inner door handle, disconnect its two rods from the lock (see above).
We remove both rods of the inner door handle from the grooves of the plastic holder.
Using a Phillips screwdriver, unscrew the screw that secures the base of the inner handle…
…and moving it forward, we remove the tabs of the handle base from the rectangular holes in the inner door panel.
We remove the inner handle together with the rods.
Front door lock with electric locking drive, external and internal handles
We install the door lock, the cylinder mechanism of the lock, the outer and inner handles in the reverse order.
Before installing the door trim, check the functionality of the door lock mechanism.
If the outer door handle does not work correctly, you should adjust the length of its rod by rotating the plastic rod holder.
(The article is based on data from the website «CHEVYMAN.ru»)