micahd
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In my mind this is the definitive post on this important fix and the Google agrees, so I’m adding my comments here. I did this today w the same parts (ordered at least a year ago when I first saw this), but I ended up doing it a bit differently for reasons I’ll describe.
I first attached the recliner handle cable with a small length of very tough wire and some
JB Fast, plus a zip tie. I used the same hole method of attaching the cable housing to the latch assembly. Brilliant move by OP.
I then planned to just disco the handle from the cable and tuck the cable end somewhere easy to reach if I ever needed to. But I couldn’t find a place I liked that wouldn’t be blocked with the door latched*. So I went back to using the handle, but just mounted it through the trim panel rather than into the subwoofer panel, to save all that precision metal cutting. I used a hole saw to cut 2 overlapping holes that fit the oval of the handle “cup,” and it sits in a rectangular opening next to the latch. Pic shows approx placement, and then finished:
I don’t know if this also worked out for the OP, but I love the fact that the handle is covered by the lower panel when the gate is closed. The only thing I don’t love is that something heavy sliding out of the back could damage the handle. Like the 1K lbs of flagstone I moved in it the other day…
*So if I were doing again I’d use a long cable, (through door bottom and into rear floor like the last post indicates) — mounting the handle in the D-pillar. Or just tuck the cable into one of the 2 rear cubbies for emergency access.
Thanks again for the idea, sir!
I first attached the recliner handle cable with a small length of very tough wire and some
JB Fast, plus a zip tie. I used the same hole method of attaching the cable housing to the latch assembly. Brilliant move by OP.
I then planned to just disco the handle from the cable and tuck the cable end somewhere easy to reach if I ever needed to. But I couldn’t find a place I liked that wouldn’t be blocked with the door latched*. So I went back to using the handle, but just mounted it through the trim panel rather than into the subwoofer panel, to save all that precision metal cutting. I used a hole saw to cut 2 overlapping holes that fit the oval of the handle “cup,” and it sits in a rectangular opening next to the latch. Pic shows approx placement, and then finished:
I don’t know if this also worked out for the OP, but I love the fact that the handle is covered by the lower panel when the gate is closed. The only thing I don’t love is that something heavy sliding out of the back could damage the handle. Like the 1K lbs of flagstone I moved in it the other day…
*So if I were doing again I’d use a long cable, (through door bottom and into rear floor like the last post indicates) — mounting the handle in the D-pillar. Or just tuck the cable into one of the 2 rear cubbies for emergency access.
Thanks again for the idea, sir!
