I need to replace the driver's side rear window locking...

Answer by MartyQ
Submitted on 4/27/2004
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I've done it twice (both rear doors). The hardest part of the job is removing the arm rest cover to gain access to some bolts underneath that secure the center of the cover to the door. (The outer edges of the cover are secured with plastic clips that can be popped out after the arm rest and bolts have been removed). Here's my shade-tree mechanic procedure that worked for me. Remove the screw at the bottom of the depression in the arm rest. Next you need to unseat the latch anchors that hold the arm rest in place. (The latch anchors are part of the molded plastic arm rest base on its underside running down the inward and outward edges.) Start by laying a three to four foot nylon string along the edge of the arm rest between it and the door, leaving an equal amount on either side extending from the arm rest. (This is to prepare for the last step in removing the arm rest anchors, which is the difficult part!) Pull the nylon string downward, then away from the door to get it under the arm rest base. Now, turn your focus to unseating the latch anchors towards the inside of the cab (farthest away from the door). These can be unseated using a screw driver. Use the screw driver to pry up the base of the arm rest so you can see each latch anchor underneath. Exert pressure inward on an anchor so that the "catch lip" will clear its opening in the door when the arm rest is raised. (Be careful not to over do it with the pressure which could break the plastic anchor.) Work your way across the arm rest from one end to the other, unseating one anchor at a time. (I think there are three or four anchors on this side of the arm rest.) Now you can work on unseating the anchors on the door side of the arm rest. Here's where the nylon string comes into play, which you'll need to pull on with a fair amount of tension. Its bests to get two small wooden handles or boards (one for each end of the string) that you can tie off to. Now pull both end of the nylon string away from the door to unseat all of the anchors in one process. (It best to apply tension to all the anchors at one time instead of trying to unseating them one at a time, which is more likely to break an anchor.) This will pull the anchors so that their catch lips will clear their openings in one step.) This requires some strength, but be careful not to over muscle it which could break an anchor off of the arm rest. Just put tension on the string, then pull upward to see if the anchors clear their openings. If not, apply more tension outward, then check again by pulling upward. Once the anchors have been unseat, the rest is straightforward. I think there's a few bolts to remove and outer clips to be popped loose (I used a stiff putty knife to pop the outer clips loose.) With the cover now removed, you can change the window hinge. When reinstalling the cover, make sure the outer clips are seated properly in the cover. Just line them up with the opening in the door and knock them in place with the palm of your hand. (And be careful not to tilt the cover when installing it. I had some of the clips fall out while popping them back end, so I had to remove the cover so I could start over again.) Good luck, and if anyone knows an easier way to remove the arm rest, I'd like to know it.

Answer by Doug
Submitted on 4/25/2007
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Chuck's answer is nuts. First, there is no need to take off the armrest. The nylon rope ???? I went through all that and only broke one tab on the armrest luckily. After I finally got it off, and got the armrest all scratched up in the process, I said to myself, "now what did this buy me?" absolutely nothing. So I did my own thinking and ... popped off the door cover, three or four of the rear tabs. this gave me enough room to unscrew the bolts holding the broken hinge with a 10 mm end wrench. Screw it off, screw it on pop the cover back in place. done Chuck, too much sunlight has been getting through your shade tree and has caused you some sunstroke.

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Question by Chuck
Submitted on 3/21/2004
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I need to replace the driver's side rear window locking hindge/latch...It broke. I have the assembly piece but can't figure out how to take the door cover off to expose the screws for the window locking hindge/latch. This is for a 2000 Tundra. thanks

Answer by pkfav
Submitted on 11/24/2005
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i have a 1993 toyota dualcab 4x4 pickup and my nephew broke the hinge on the passenger back seat window! where can i get one-its got a phillips screw head on the lip part i need -i dont need the whole latch assembly unless thats the only way to get it! thanks for any help out there! pkfav

Answer by pkfav
Submitted on 11/24/2005
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i have a 1993 toyota dualcab 4x4 pickup and my nephew broke the hinge on the passenger back seat window! wher can i get one-its got a philllips scre w head on the lip part i neded -i dont need the whole latch assembly unless thats the only way to get it! thanks for any help out ther! pkfav

Answer by jerry
Submitted on 4/7/2006
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I just replaced both of my rear window latches and you don't need to pull the arm rest. OK at least on my 2001 tundra access cab. just remove a screw at the bottom of door pull hole(inside) and the screw in the door latch handle, then pop the back of the plastic inside door cover out about 2 inches and the latch bolts are exposed and easily removed. your mileage may very jerry

Answer by Essie
Submitted on 10/2/2006
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I replaced both rear locking latches on my Tundra '02. It took me only 20 minutes for both without removing the arm rest. Just pup out the upper part of the cover using a screw driver. Put something in between to give a space to work on the nut screws with your wrench. Placed a rug below the latch screw so as not to drop the screw inside the door cover during unscrewing and installing.

Answer by JERRY
Submitted on 11/8/2006
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I FOLLOWED YOUR INSTRUCTIONS TO A T. THEY WORKED GREAT......EXCEPT I FOUND THAT YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE TO REMOVE THE ARMREST, JUST THE SCREW AT THE BASE (DEPRESSION) THAT ATTACHES IT TO THE DOOR FRAME. ONCE YOU REMOVE THAT, THE ARMREST COMES OFF WITH THE ENTIRE DOOR PANEL. THE MAIN THING THAT I FOUND THAT YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO REMOVE IS THE DOOR HANDLE TRIM. THIS IS DONE BY REMOVING THE ONE SCREW THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE THEN CAREFULLY PRYING THE MOLDING FROM THE REAR OF THE MOLDING TO THE FRONT. TRY IT NEXT TIME, IT WILL SAVE YOU SOME TIME. P.S. THE STRING THING WORKED GREAT THOUGH!

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