Replacing the front door handle on a Lada Grant. Self-adjustment of the lock gap

This is how poorly Grant's rear doors open for almost every second owner:
Those who have encountered this problem first try to solve it by lubricating the lock. This helps, but only for a short time. The following are methods that can completely eliminate the rear door problem:

Adjusting door handles Lada Granta

Often, after time has elapsed on a Lada Granta car, the doors begin to open and close with some effort.
To fix the problem in question with this car produced by AvtoVAZ, you have to contact a service station. In this case, you need to purchase door closers and door stops for Lada Granta. But you can eliminate this kind of defect yourself. This must be done quickly, especially if the problem occurs on the front door. It is better to eliminate it as soon as it appears, in order to avoid side effects and more serious damage. In order to make opening doors more comfortable, it is necessary to perform certain actions. The main one is adjusting the door locks.

Sometimes the owners of the Lada Granta Liftback, produced by the famous AvtoVAZ company, have to deal with various modifications after purchasing the vehicle. This happens for the reason that after even a short mileage, minor breakdowns or problems often appear at first, and if they are not eliminated in time, they develop into more serious ones. Many owners consider the most common defect to be the fact that the front door locks do not function well and open with great difficulty.

Possible problems and ways to solve them

You can, of course, buy Lada door closers and door stops and make repairs in accordance with the instructions. But this operation can be performed in a more productive way. To carry it out you need:

• rubber tubes;
• screwdriver;
• Silicone Grease.

A common symptom of a broken lock is that a loud sound appears before the door opens/closes. The design of the front door lock is made in such a way that the metal can sometimes rattle. In order to eliminate this problem, you need to remove the lock itself and put rubber tubes of the required size on the levers. Immediately all sounds coming from ahead will disappear. When closing the doors, only a bang will be heard, and all sharp and loud sounds will be a thing of the past.

If the car has a universal body, then you should also adjust the lock on the trunk door. The locking tongue itself fits into the bracket. You need to find it and check the tightening of the screws. Then the lock must be lubricated with silicone grease, and then the door must be checked by opening it. If the lock does not work properly, you need to screw on the rubber stops, but they should not be over-tightened. Then check the drive rod of the Lada Granta door lock.

If jamming and play are observed, they should be eliminated. Moreover, all this must be done at once. You can also buy limiters for the trunk lock. Before purchasing Lada door closers or door stops, you should first consult with a specialist. Having received the necessary and important information, you can choose the highest quality limiters. Problems with the operation of the lock can be solved by making a quality adjustment. To do this, certain actions must be taken.

You should pay attention to the gap between the drain and the top edge of the door. The optimal size of the gap is considered to be a hole into which a plastic card can fit. In this position, the aerodynamic sounds and the tightness of the fit to the drain will be balanced.

Most often, the reason for poor lock performance is the difference in the radius of curvature of the upper door frame. If you look at it in detail, you can see that when simultaneously adjusting the locks at the rear of the car, they always touch the top of the sealing rubber differently. Tight opening compresses it much more in the closed position. To adjust the locks, you can use the following method.

You need to twist a thick paper tube and insert it into the upper part of the window frame, while slightly lowering the glass. Then press in. This procedure must be done several times, using your hands to bend the frame when closed. By following these tips, you can handle the repair yourself. The only thing is that you need to have Lada Granta door stops in stock. But you should not refuse help or advice from a specialist, since sometimes the repair scheme can be very complex.

Adjustment process

To perform adjustment work, you can contact specialists so that they do everything professionally and efficiently. At the same time, they will need door closers and door stops; these can be purchased at a specialized store. In order for the locks to work well and the doors to open and close without problems, they must be disassembled. If suddenly the gap turns out to be larger or smaller, the entire door profile should be changed.

If the gap is smaller, lower the glass all the way down. Then close it with one click, take it by the top edge and push it towards you a couple of times with a little effort. And if the gap on the front door turns out to be wider, then you need to open it with the window down and, resting your foot on the trim, pull the door to the inside several times. Then it will be possible to move on to the main problem associated with the poor functioning of the lock.

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Conclusion If the need arises, you can replace the door handle on the Lada Grant yourself. The process is not complicated, and the principle of operation is intuitive.

When selecting and purchasing consumables, give preference to parts with factory catalog numbers. When contacting a service station, request a quality guarantee for the work performed.

Rear doors don't open well

Be it Lada Kalina or Lada Granta - both of these cars are now very popular among Russian car enthusiasts. However, on some models during operation, a malfunction such as rear doors that are difficult to open is observed.

And this happens because the doors or locks were poorly adjusted at the factory. This deficiency can be eliminated by contacting an official dealer, or you can fix everything yourself.

Door adjustment process

While adjusting the door

Before you start work, first inspect all the gaps for the correct geometry of the body, on the sides, top and bottom, and depending on where the inaccuracy is found, you should start working.

Tools required: Impact screwdriver and socket set

Adjusting the bottom of the door

1. Open the car window.
2. Apply light blows with your palm to the bottom of the door.
3. In order for you to understand more clearly what we are talking about, we bring to your attention a video about how a similar issue is resolved at the Renault plant.

Adjusting a door with a large gap at the top

1. We lower the window completely. Depending on the configuration, we use either a mechanical handle or a window lifter for this.
2. We close the door until it clicks.
3. Pull the top edge of the door away from you or toward you.

Door lock adjustment

1. First of all, loosen the three bolts that secure the lock in place.

Door locking mechanism (shackle adjustment)

Three door lock bolts

Rules for caring for your washing machine

A few simple recommendations:

Install the machine on a flat horizontal plane. She should stand without bending over. The correct position of the machine is achieved by using a level and adjusting the height of the legs. Washing in an unstable position leads to rapid wear of internal components and mechanisms. Empty pockets before washing. Foreign objects remaining in them cause damage to the machine. Repair technicians often find stuck coins, pins, and metal fittings in drain pipes that obstruct the flow of water. Wash inside out. Items with zippers, buttons and decorative decorations are turned inside out or washed in special bags. Fallen fastener elements often get stuck in the car. Inspect the drum chamber for debris and foreign objects. What is found is removed and the debris in the rubber rim is cleaned. Rational drum loading. The instruction manual indicates the maximum permissible weight of laundry for each washing mode. Regular cleaning of the drain filter. It must be performed once every 3–4 months. For daily washing - once a month. Inspection of hoses. Their kinks or twists reduce the water pressure to ensure smooth operation of the machine. Careful handling of the washing machine

The hatch handle is torn off carefully. Nothing can be hung on the door

The top panel of the machine must be clean, free of foreign objects. Shampoos and detergents that jump during the spin cycle do not improve the quality of washing. They create excess noise and increase vibration, leading to wear of components and parts.

There are many reasons why the washing machine door is blocked. Haste and emotions will not help in this situation. By following the recommendations received, you can turn unlocking the hatch into an exciting process.

Review of spare parts prices

Drive installation

Adjusting the position of the trunk lid is possible if, instead of a mechanical lock, you install an electronic device, in this case a drive. To install it you will need:

• universal drive installation kit for the machine;
• metal cable with a cross-section of 1.5 mm and 500 mm long;
• two contact connection wires of 4.5 m each;
• screws with wide heads;
• opening button for the lock;
• retainer;
• fuse;

The electronic device is adjusted according to the included instructions. All other nuances that should be taken into account when installing the device in VAZ models have been indicated.

How the back door on a Lada Kalina should work correctly (video)

Many owners of Lada Kalina cars are faced with the problem of opening the rear doors. This occurs on both old and brand new cars, and this defect can be attributed to a manufacturing defect. But, apparently, no one at the factory thought of modifying the handle mechanism. Moreover, there is no such problem with the front handles, it only exists with the rear ones.

Recently, on my Kalina, due to constant excessive force when opening, the rear door handle broke off. Since repair kits for this part could not be found, I had to buy a new one assembled. Its price is 330 rubles. To replace you will need the following tool:

1. 8 mm head
2. Extension
3. Ratchet or crank

Advantages

Now let's look at all the advantages of the Lada Granta.

1. I indicated the price in the minuses, but there is also a positive point in this. If there were no such car, I would have to buy Vesta for 700 thousand rubles or more.
2. ABS system in my configuration.
3. Electric power steering. It is easy to rotate even when the machine is stationary.
4. Air conditioner.
5. The on-board computer displays the main parameters.
6. If we compare the car with Kalina, then the stove here is much quieter. Only the air flow itself can be heard.
7. Good visibility, large exterior mirrors. I forgot to say in the negatives that the interior mirror is hard to see through the rear window. In a liftback body, part of the roof slightly blocks the view. There is no such problem in the sedan.
8. Inexpensive spare parts.
9. Bright headlights.
10. High ground clearance - ground clearance. I drove over rough surfaces a lot and didn’t catch the bottom anywhere.
11. Soft suspension, even compared to foreign cars.

Bottom adjustment

To adjust the gaps in the lower part, it is necessary, as in the previous case, to apply force.

1. Lower the window completely until it stops.
2. Close the door by lightly hitting the bottom of the door with your palm.
3. Repeat the procedure until the gap reaches the recommended value.

It is very important not to overdo it when performing these steps so as not to bend the part.

This method of adjusting Grant doors is used during the final stage of car assembly. Any violation of the geometry results in the doors becoming difficult to close.

Autopsy with inside

To open the door from the inside you need a screwdriver, wire, and patience. The algorithm is as follows:

unscrew the casing with a screwdriver, remove the handles, disconnect the electronics, put it aside so as not to interfere; to ensure maximum access, raise the glass up; Having bent the wire in the form of a hook, we try to get to the lock from the inside and pull the hook to open it. We definitely use a lighting device, it could be a mobile phone, a flashlight, etc. It is strictly forbidden to use open flame sources for lighting, as there is a high risk of ignition; assembly occurs in reverse order.

As a rule, the above methods are effective for any vehicle, but different situations happen in life. Therefore, in the first case, you already know what to do if the car door does not open from the inside and outside. To avoid such situations, lubricate the door locks in a timely manner, inspect the fastening mechanisms, replace the hinges, it is strictly forbidden to hang on the doors, and do not deform the body through overload or mechanical damage. Remember that slight misalignment can cause door locks to jam.

Modification of door lock Grants

Procedure:

1. Insert a stopper into the lock to prevent it from closing.
2. File off, slightly rounding the sharp ends of the lock prong (without fanaticism).

Hand brake device Lada Granta

Theoretically, the Lada Granta should have replaced the outdated VAZ 2107 a long time ago, but for various reasons its release was delayed. The car was conceived as the cheapest in the VAZ model range and this idea was fully realized. The Granta's brake system differs little from the brakes of classic Lada cars, even in layout - the same disc brakes at the front with a floating caliper, the same drum brakes at the rear.

The design of the Lada Granta brake mechanism does not even provide for the simplest system of automatic adjustment of the gap between the block and the drum

The handbrake drive is also the simplest, but the brake mechanism itself does not even provide a primitive system for automatically adjusting the gaps between the block and the drum. The force from the handbrake lever is transmitted directly through a cable with an equalizer to lever 9 in the brake mechanism. Consequently, after wear of the friction lining 8 , even by 2-3 mm, the handbrake cable has to be tightened.

Brake mechanism with hand brake drive

Again, theoretically, a threaded rod with an adjusting nut (item 6 in the photo below) could easily be placed in the cabin, but this would require the use of additional parts or changes to ready-made factory stamps. Therefore, VAZ engineers decided not to worry and leave the design as is. To adjust the cable tension, the driver must approach the adjusting nut from below, which is not always convenient, especially in cold or wet weather. In addition, the threaded rod is constantly surrounded by dust and moisture, so it rusts, and it is not so easy to get to it from below.

Flaws

Let's start with the cons, as they say, with the bad.

1. The first of them is the cost of the Lada Granta. The “Classic Optima” package is average. There are only 5 of them. The car cost 500 thousand rubles. This is a minus, because I think that Grant should not cost that kind of money. If it cost 300,000 rubles, then it would not be a pity to give them for it. “Lux” costs 650 thousand - this is already too much.
2. Build quality. These are crooked hands of assemblers, or low-quality parts. What I mean? We are talking about the gear lever. It is convenient, but speed 1 does not always turn on. Sometimes you're stuck in a traffic jam, you need to get going, but the gear won't engage. The problem is in the gearbox or poor assembly. Write what you think about it. I’ll tell you one more thing about this point of disadvantages. For example, you locked the car, all the doors and the trunk with the central lock. We walked up to the car from the store with bags and decided to put our things in the trunk. Then you open the central locking, driver's door. Then you press the tailgate button, but it doesn't work. Many owners have a problem with the driver's door switch. It doesn't signal, so the trunk won't open.
3. The switch shown is installed on only one driver's door. The rest of the doors have regular plugs. This probably only applies to this configuration. More expensive versions have 4 limit switches. If you open a door at night that does not have this element, the interior light will not turn on.
4. The seat belt sensor is installed only on the driver's side. Passengers don't have them. There is also an airbag only in the driver's steering wheel. Whoever has an expensive Lada Granta, write how you do - whether it has sensors and airbags or not.
5. The car is unstable at high speed. I checked it myself, indeed, at a speed of 100 km per hour or more, the car begins to “float” during small turns. This is a feature of all Grants.
6. I don’t like the “twist” for adjusting the seatback tilt. It would be better if there was a key or button. When the backrest is fully reclined, the surface is not horizontal. If you have to rest on the road, it’s inconvenient in the Lada Grant.
7. When you turn on the ignition, the running lights come on immediately. There is no switch position to turn them off. The instrument panel and radio are also turned on immediately. If you turn off the ignition, you won't listen to music.
8. No armrest. For that kind of money it could have been installed. Probably in the “luxury” it is, I don’t know. Write who has an armrest, and in which versions of the car.

Instructions for removing the trim from the front and rear doors of Lada Granta

Before we get started, let's collect everything we need.

Tools and materials

• flat blade screwdriver;
• Phillips screwdriver;
• a plastic spatula for removing the trim (it can be purchased at any VAZ specialized store);
• set of plastic door latches.

The process of properly removing trim from the front door of a Granta

1. The hood of the car is opened and the negative terminal is removed from the battery.
2. The trim on the front door handle is carefully pryed off with a plastic spatula and removed. This allows access to the top fastening screws of the casing.

The trim on the Granta front door handle can be removed manually

The screws from under the door handle of the Lada Granta are unscrewed with a Phillips screwdriver

Two self-tapping screws from the upper recess of the Grant door are unscrewed with a Phillips screwdriver

Let's proceed to the second stage: dismantling the side view mirror

1. Using a screwdriver, unscrew the three screws that secure the mirror frame to the body.

1. Using pliers, remove the locking bracket.

1. We remove the mirror and remove the hinges through the diagnostic hole.

1. Using an “8” socket, unscrew the bolt that secures the outer handle to the end of the door.
2. In the inner tunnel, unscrew the second bolt holding the handle.
3. Using a screwdriver, carefully pry up and remove the rods from the lock.
4. We remove the handle from its seat, turning it slightly from side to side.

Front door lock device of Lada Granta

In conclusion, we carry out troubleshooting, inspect adjacent parts and mechanisms, and replace them with new ones as necessary. Replacing the front door handle on the Lada Grant is completed.

Features of a cable gearbox on the Lada Granta

If you compare the 2180 and 2181 gearboxes, they are very different. In the old box, the driver made a lot of effort to shift, especially on previous generation cars. This was due to the fact that the previous manual transmission was based on rigid rods. A strong vibration emanated from them, transmitted into the cabin from the gearbox.

The transition to cables eliminated a number of design flaws. The gearbox now has a short stroke, making gear shifts faster. The gearbox itself consists of cables, a translator, a switching mechanism, jet thrust and a drive control device. The clutch disc has a larger diameter (215 versus 200 mm).

The main advantages of the new gearbox:

• The volume of oil poured into the box has been reduced (to 2.2 l).
• Different synchronizers were installed in first and second gear, making shifts quite easy.
• Due to the cables, vibrations and noise have been reduced. The switching itself is now clearer and without extraneous sounds. The gearbox gate on the Granta has also become quieter.
• The gearbox has become better behaved in winter conditions.

To change Priora handles, you should approach the matter with the right set of tools. So, to work on replacing the Euro pen you will need:

• head "8";
• flat screwdriver;
• ratchet;
• extension.

What will be needed for repairs

If the outside lock stops opening, go straight to the store. You will need to purchase:

• several new plastic tips suitable for VAZ;
• set of screwdrivers - one flat, Phillips;
• a set of plastic rivets that secure the casing.

All parts are sold at an automotive supply store. It is better to buy spare parts with a reserve, several sets. The parts are inexpensive. They can also come in handy if the door stops opening not only from the inside, but also from the outside. Take the sheathing fasteners just in case, since the sheet may have to be removed.