82Porsche928

He passenger door lock ***'s male end is stripped. Is there any way to replace or rethread this?

syoo8

That is a female end with a broken screw in it.

j.kenzie@sbcglobal.net

Yep. Same question: how to fix?

Fogey1

There might be enough left to get the tip of a vise-grip on it.

Maybe leave a piece of tissue soaked with penetrating oil over the end overnight before the vise-grip. Maybe heat it with the tip of a soldering iron.

If that fails, Dremel it flat, center punch it and drill it. Then pick out the screw remnants.

At least it's easy to get to.

tailpipe

Grind the stub off, drill and tap the square stub then use a screw with a washer.

Wisconsin Joe

Use a thin cut off wheel on a dremel to cut a slot in the end of the stub.
Soak it in penetrating oil.
Tap it gently with a hammer.
Use a straight blade screwdriver to turn it out - that's what the slot in the end is for, but cut it before soaking it in (flammable) penetrating oil.

syoo8

Kroil works very well!

1989porsche928

Does anyone use their door **** lock? Mine does not turn by hand. I press the red button on my '89. I tried using the ***** but they don't turn by hand. Sometimes when I lock my car I get stuck in it for a couple of minutes and I have to press the red button a 1,000 times so I can get out of my car. I usually only lock the door when I am in bad areas like the front of walmart.

Bilal928S4

Sometimes the base, as shown in the OP's picture is screwed on too tight and it will interfere with the working of the lock. Try loosening that on both sides and see if it helps.

Alan

Kroil and PB Blaster both work very well - however they both stink really really badly... and for a very long time... so I'd not use them on the interior.

To me it looks like that should be pretty easy to get out - there seems to be plenty of thread protruding to grab with pliers... I'd start there

Alan

82Porsche928

I will fiddle today. And no, I never use the *****. Although they do work! I just don't want it to not have the round cap on it, because that will not hold it on.

Ad0911

It is virtually impossible to explain how much fun I had replacing the complete part!

LeRox

Joe's suggestion sound like the best approach if you have a dremel with a high percentage of success....

good luck

Alan

I'm not so sure... once you cut the slot you weaken what's left (and its small to start with) - so turning a flat head screwdriver on it - it's easy to shear off half of what remains...

Alan

82Porsche928

I may be able to drill it out into the square piece and then thread that hole. Then find a nice screw that fits and holds on the cap instead of a bolt...