docwyte

On the 951S. I don't think Porsche used enough screws to hold the damn thing on! Felt like I took out twenty billion screws, then, the f-er still wouldn't come off, so I found another 3 screws under the armrest that I had to take off.

The good news is the plastic central locking arm wasn't broken, it'd just fallen off the ball. Snapped it back on and that was fixxed. The upper speaker was a little more touchy, turns out the mirror control harness is competing for space with the speaker harness, so I had to play around a bit with shoving things around to finally get that taken care of.

Then put the twenty billion screws back in there. Doh!

bearone

may the force be with you, umm.

87951

snappy

just a note. if you lock the door manually, as in by hand from the inside. it would be a wheek tops before it pops off again Spend the $26 FOR THE replacement part. worth the trouble and frustration in snapping it back on again.

docwyte

Why would that happen? The original part doesn't seem to be broken.

jean_noir

once the little ball snaps out of the plactic cup once the cup becomes slightly larger (and probably brittle). I am betting you will perform this door removal procedure again within one month,

Rich Sandor

if you think removing the door panel is tough, try removing and re-installing a rear quarter window.

docwyte

It's not hard, just a PITA with all the screws...

snappy

yea I thought it was not broken either, till I think it sank in the 3'rd time I did it.

Peckster

I have to get into my door sooon, so I really didn't want to hear this.

Possibly I can live with locking the door manually.

snappy

heheh that is exactly what I did for 2 months till the wife locked it and popped out again. that was the 3'rd time.

SamGrant951

968 panels are even more fun...

docwyte

That's basically what I have, as I have the 10 speaker door panels

ehall

Come on guys. It's not that bad. Ever changed tho volateg regulater, of even better, the clutch.
It's just tedious. If you have large fingers it's REALLY tedious. For those that are going to replace door handles, or the dogbone part of the lock, Try conecting the dog bone before attaching the white plactic piece on top. I found it much easier. If anyone does this soon and needs pics, email or pm me.