Thanks for that explanation. I had a rough idea of how it all worked but
that's helpful.

Yes, it's no trouble pulling the panel but since the exact same issue
happened before, and was solved by removing and cleaning the actuator, I
was curious if
there's a given part in the actuator that typically wears causing
the actuator to bind internally. It would be nice to repair what I have
as opposed to spending more money!   ;)

Neil.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 9:23 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

At 11:02 PM 9/23/2015, Neil N wrote:
>

> The key won't turn the passenger side door lock.
>> Something is binding. I'm about certain it's within the actuator.
>>
>
>
> Pull the panel and find out.  You're going to be in there anyway, so why
> waste time supposing?
>
> The actuator has two neutral positions where it is supposed to stop, at
> 180-degree positions of the big gear.  It stops there because the switch on
> the bottom of the gear removes the connection to whichever wire is powering
> it (yellow or white), and applies a connection to the other one instead.
> If the other wire also has power it runs for another half-revolution,
> recursively.
>
> Just before the gear gets to either stopping point, the cam that's pushing
> on the actuator rod runs past its end and the rod is now free to move in
> either direction.  So if the motor just pushed it out, now you can push it
> back in -- and on the front doors, when you do so it applies power to the
> motor which makes the gear (and all the other motors) chase it to catch up.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>

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