Hi all,
After 2 summers of having trouble opening my boot in hot weather I decided i'd better replace the boot lock actuator.
Looking online & a youtube video , looks pretty straight forward.
Anyway, I took our the 4 screws & popped the 2 clips which gave a bit of access, but I can't seem to pop the back 4 clips out, I've tried using s screwdriver as in the video & reaching my hand in (scratching my arms up!!..) but can't seem to get them out. (i'm guessing I need to go rougher with it but it was getting to the point where I thought something was going to snap!)
Also the video shows to use a 'hook' tool to separate the upper & lower boot trim by inserting the tool between the trim & pulling down the window line.
I don't have a hook tool or anything resembling that... the best I could find was a tiny allen key, so gave that a go with no luck.
Is there a special knack to this? & do you really need to separate the upper & lower trim just to gain access to replace the actuator??.. I can see the damn thing just not enough access to swap it out.
Any experienced boot trim removers advice welcome!
I changed the front window regulator yesterday fine so thought this would be a nice quick straight forward job compared to that.. how wrong was I.
Cheers Guys
After 2 summers of having trouble opening my boot in hot weather I decided i'd better replace the boot lock actuator.
Looking online & a youtube video , looks pretty straight forward.
Anyway, I took our the 4 screws & popped the 2 clips which gave a bit of access, but I can't seem to pop the back 4 clips out, I've tried using s screwdriver as in the video & reaching my hand in (scratching my arms up!!..) but can't seem to get them out. (i'm guessing I need to go rougher with it but it was getting to the point where I thought something was going to snap!)
Also the video shows to use a 'hook' tool to separate the upper & lower boot trim by inserting the tool between the trim & pulling down the window line.
I don't have a hook tool or anything resembling that... the best I could find was a tiny allen key, so gave that a go with no luck.
Is there a special knack to this? & do you really need to separate the upper & lower trim just to gain access to replace the actuator??.. I can see the damn thing just not enough access to swap it out.
Any experienced boot trim removers advice welcome!
I changed the front window regulator yesterday fine so thought this would be a nice quick straight forward job compared to that.. how wrong was I.
Cheers Guys