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Originally Posted by Maruzo
I used the metal zip tie on a new DHC for the Drivers door. Worked pretty good for over 3 years. Hasn’t needed replacement yet.
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Oh for sure. I will reinforce with a zip tie as well. I bet the handles lasts longer than I do after that.
I have to have all the door panels and vapor barriers off for door deadening and speaker installation so I'll probably reinforce all the carriers before they break. Probably save myself from ever having to do a DHC on this X5 in the future. That's the hope anyway.
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Originally Posted by andrewwynn
I think my Left rear has semi-destructed. It feels like the hinge has worked loose in the 3-4 years since i rebuilt it, but since it's strapped together it still functions just takes a lot more than normal effort (like when it's about to break the first time, but stays working dirt months).
I'd be interested in that core to do a repair if possible and maybe I can make a video for future folk. It's only easy if you get the tricks all figured out.
Three was A lot of cursing involved figuring out the tricks. The spring is at least 8/10 difficulty until you learn the trick and then it's 4/10.
You will spend at least an hour having the spring snap the hinge open on you countless times (hence the swearing).
I didn't pinch my finger but I've had my finger get a direct snap from that spring and it's a MFr that will cause much swearing.
Thanks for sharing a real world kicked your butt story we all have them.
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I can send it your way for sure.
Oddly enough, the easy part for me was to get everything seated back in, spring included. That only took about 15 minutes of fiddling until I got the pliers on it. I spent 2+ hours trying different methods of getting the zip tie tight enough. Between pulling/levering more of it to pull through to wedging different size objects in there to take up the slack.
