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Old 09-22-2015, 08:57 PM
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Re: door won't open from the inside
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Originally Posted by brcidd View Post
I've seen this dozens of times- front door, back doors no different. 9 times out of ten, you can remove door panel and take a large pair of pliers and bend the door latch rod so that the bend makes it "shorter" to compensate for the wear in the plastic bushings that has occurred and caused your issue. I bend the rod just enough to open the door with the latch-testing as I go-

works for another ten years- and cost $0 which is what I can afford!
is it pretty obvious which rod I'll be bending? Anything else I need to know?
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