RE: [alfa] Reverberating Central Locking motor

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

> My driver's door central locking motor has developed a buzz (like a
machine
> gun) when it is activated. It appears to fire about 6 times 
> as it does it's job of locking or unlocking.  It is starting 
> to scare people standing near
> by.   I tried giving it a big drink of CO2 contact cleaner down the shaft
> (all I could see), but that didn't fix it.  It looks like the 
> whole lock mechanism has to come out to get at the screws 
> that mount the actuator.  I resisted, fearing the work 
> required to realign the lock.  What is required?
> Is the actuator NBG?  I gather it has something to do with 
> internal limit stops in the actuator?  New ones are several 
> hundred dollars, so a repair is preferable.
> 
> Does removal of the lock mechanism require any special 
> alignment on re-installation?

In my experience, this noise is caused by poor connections to the locks, not
the locks themselves.  Check and clean all the connections and grounds.

HTH,

bs
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