Johnny Paycheck

That part was easy compared to when I dropped my last sleeve down in the door bottom. 🤦‍♂️

I’m sure it’s aluminum, so I had to wrap a bunch of tape around my magnetic wand to fish it out. 😮‍💨

BlkNBlu

My uncle used to use fishing line. I don't know the details but somehow it worked for him.

Jimboy

Most of the time a hand impact driver / hammer will free these up.

Mike713

Not when the torx bit and/or torx head of the bolt gets rounded. Thats why I suggest cracking them all loose while its still in good shape. THEN unscrew as you do the work. So to reiterate, after the bit became useless, and no new bit would work in the rounded bolt head, cutting the slots into the bolt head for a flathead was the answer. Of everything I tried, that was what worked.

Mikes1stF150

Mike713, do you have a link to where you bought the door latch cable repair ends from?

Johnny Paycheck

Mikes1stF150

Thanks, but the link doesn't work.

artsr2002

Link works for me.

Mike713

exact link here buddy. I have more detailed advice if want to correspond before project. just sayin...


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B09J25GN2T?...t_details&th=1

or search Door Latch Cable Repair Kit Latch Lock Cable Ends Compatible with Ford F150

Johnny Paycheck

Whichever kit you get, just make sure the sets have the cam cut for the latches. Maybe they don’t exist like that anymore, but when I was doing the fix, there were kits that you had to do work to make a sleeve fit in the latches.