E53 driver's door lock actuator motor repair

[oldskewel]

Thanks. I feel the same way, and I always like a challenge.

I could have gone either way on this repair, but knowing I already had two spare Mabuchi motors in hand made me decide to give this a shot. It was still uncertain until the very end though, since I had found no reports of this on the E53, and mostly failure reports on other BMWs.

[semcoinc]

Great deconstruction of the component!

Those motors look remarkably similar to the power mirror motors

Mike

[oldskewel]

Originally Posted by semcoinc

Great deconstruction of the component!

Those motors look remarkably similar to the power mirror motors

Mike

Yes, they're very standard parts. After this instance, where I actually needed one with the longer shaft, I went and bought 4x of those on eBay, just to keep on hand in case the next thing I fix needs that.

In my experience the least-fun part of fixing things is the time and effort in between figuring out what part you need and tracking it down and getting it, so I don't mind buying stuff "just in case." And that goes 10x for tools, BTW.

For example, this thread, yesterday:
https://xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/...-nut-bolt.html