Alan

I suspect you will still need the zip ties. The wear item is the white plastic release tongue on the upper lock part. This is sprung, it latches on the receiver lip and is what the cam pushes on to unlatch the lock.

Alan

Randy V

I've installed the new hatch latch as well as a new white receiver liner.

Now need to get the latch to release using the switch.

Alan had kindly installed in my GTS a remote locking system that includes a button for the hatch. The door locks work a champ.

I've fiddled with adjusting the height of the hatch release mechanism, but it either ends up binding, or just cycles without releasing the latch.

Why is this latching system so finicky?

Shark2626

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Strosek Ultra

I have just installed a new rear hatch lock insert on the red car. The old insert was quite worn. Now it is working like a dream, pull the **** and the hatch releases immediately.
Åke

Miles Cox

hey there, i'm having trouble closing my rear hatch, I've been trying to adjust it for hours and haven't been able to get it to close all the way and when i hold it down and close it with the key it sets off the alarm , any one els with this problem ?

Shark2626

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997TTEQNY

I tried the zip tie method last night




it worked!




this forum rocks!

Strosek Ultra

or you can buy a new insert.
Åke
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-928...-/202254040275

Randy V

The issue is not the insert.

Will do Alan's ziptie hack to get mine resolved.

Rv

Randy V

Can anyone explain what the zip ties do to achieve correct activation?

jpitman2

The zip ties (I call them cable ties) compensate for wear on the working face so that the release lever can move it far enough to release the latch, and allow the hatch to open. Sometimes the problem of the remote release not working can be the nylon bush in the arm from the motor has disintegrated and there is too much slack. I have replaced one of these with a brass bush of 5mm ID, 7mm OD, 5mm wide as below.


2-56 screw and nut from a hobby shop.
jp 83 Euro S AT 57k

Randy V

Thanks, JP!

Randy V

Why is this knucklehead deleting his posts? Looks like he's pulling a Sterling.

dakrei

YES!!! it works thank god for zip ties velcro and duct tape

coach928

After much troubleshooting and squeezing into the back with the hatch closed to see what was going on while my daughter pulled the button. Motor spins, but the motor cap and lever do not spin. After dismantling the motor, I learned that the teeth on the inside of the cap have been completely worn down and thus the motor provides no torque to the lever arm. Is the motor cap with new teeth available as a new part?