we got this 2002 Chevy Trailblazer that
I picked up for 800 bucks and I've
already put ten thousand miles on it
with a engine that has a slight knock in
it but you know I think I'll probably
get a lot more mileage out of this thing
than I had originally thought the thing
I got going on today is and love these
trouble Blazers end up with this problem
eventually especially if you live in the
Northeast and you can see the rust back
here water moisture gets in here and
sometimes we start having problems with
opening up the door back here and if I
push on this button here we can open
this up here just fine right on the
bottom here it doesn't want to open no
more so I'm going to show you how to get
into there and perhaps fix it all right
now as you can see no matter how much
we're pulling this thing it is jammed in
there is a block so what we got to do is
I actually go around into the inside
here now if you're lucky and if this
hatch stays open and mine really doesn't
at this point you can actually leave
this open and get some fresh air in here
if it's a hot day or anything but
unfortunately if yours don't stay open
my best advice is just to leave this
shut until you do what I'm going to show
you because you can actually break this
window it'll slam down and you'll break
that glass so what we gonna do is crawl
in here and I'll clean the back of this
out and let me get back in here I'm not
as skinny as I used to be alright so
here is our panel you can't really get
this panel off some guys can take it off
just by pulling off on the inside here
but you'll end up busting some clips and
stuff so the best thing to do is go
ahead and do this now beside you got
this here to take off I'll show you how
to take that off best way to open this
up if you just want to open it for now
take this plug off now I'm gonna show
them a light get in there get down on my
knees a little bit here if you look
closely little hole right there that
little latch right there there's a hole
right there in that latch what you got
to do is take your screwdriver
and we'll shove this down in here like
this you try to do this with a light and
one hand Karen you hit this in that hole
good hang on a second I think I got it
what'd you get your screwdriver there
you want to pull to your right if you're
facing the rear of the vehicle and when
you do that there we go up like this
push it on up and now we can actually go
ahead and take this panel off
all right so we'll move this all the way
and spin off nice we'll get dude now
let's go ahead get this little screw out
here this is a t 27 and we just screw
out here this whole latch will come down
there we go
alright so we got that out out there put
that off the side now what we can do is
just go ahead and pull this panel down
or some clips in here and don't be too
surprised if feeding up breaking some of
the East Coast they do breaks help me
just pull on this that was too easy
go on this side that's basically it so
you can see we've got a couple of clips
there a couple guide pins that's really
about it so we go ahead and put this off
the side I said you could probably get
this off without the door being open but
I just want to show you how to get it
completely all the way alright so here's
the back of it you've got a lot of
pretty things here huh switches and so
forth but what we're looking at here
light and also on the back here you can
see when we lift this handle up there's
a ride on this side I'll show you the
ride on the inside here
now if I shine the light or the handle
is right there you can see that rusty
rod that comes out right up there well
someone's actually looks like them well
you know what's those get a wire piece
of wire twisted around the person
someone's worked on this before well if
you can see that piece of wire there
well that could be our problem anyway
when you lift up on that handle there
you see that red piece of plastic that
clip that goes all the way down and it
releases that mechanism right there
which releases this door lock and I bet
you anything shine a light here there's
a problem so you're gonna pull this lock
here it's not releasing enough so this
up here's get too much play in it
someone's put a wire up here and that
handle is moving more than the latch
will shouldn't be moving like this so
we'll get to do this go ahead and take
this whole piece out of here and let's
see we got a couple screws here bolts we
got to take out we got a couple here and
I do believe that is it let me check
your a quick that's what we have to do
it unfortunately is take this piece here
out this plastic piece right here pull
this whole thing out and you get a
couple lights here and that'll allow us
to get in here you can actually fix this
there's no fixing the way this is here
there's no way I can get my fingers up
in there it looks like on the side there
it's come loose maybe I can drill
another hole in it or something I don't
know anyway we'll go ahead get this off
here look at it and see what we got all
right so we get the last of our four ten
millimeter and that's off it's amazing
all that stuff up there this window back
here just back hatch alright so we got
that loose and what you got to do now is
take a light here and you see that
little yellow piece right there where
the red is the red and yellow kind of
connects there's a red one on the top
there then right there on the bottom
the old yellow piece take the
screwdriver just kind of knock guys saw
hum sorry guys can't say well maybe you
can't see it right there take that out
like that because that's a lot easier to
slide that back in later than the red
one up there because you can't get your
finger up in there and now we'll drop
this down a little bit and this should
this piece should come off let me kill
these lights here real quick all right
so our lights are out Kerry now I just
checked this out if we don't have to
worry about that it's the other model
what you do so we'll get one more bolt
here we have to take out the 10
millimeter see that right there I think
you can see it that one's actually broke
loose I've got one back there in the
back breath of takeoff once we get that
one there out right there then this
piece of come off so let's get down out
of there
like say there's one over here on the
other side but it's actually the studs
broke off up into the plastic on this
side over here so there's nothing we can
do about now we go ahead and pull this
out here I'll put my knee up her like
this kind of hold this at least we can
open so I've got one wire careful light
that we can unhook and it's actually
right here don't forget to hook this
back can you can you all back together
and here is our piece and this is the
back of the Trailblazer that go to work
on so this would be my thumbnail let me
just back up here a little bit for you
guys well maybe it'll work there we go
all right we got a thumbnail shot okay
so here's what's going on well we hope
on this handle here remove this rod here
broken so it looks like right here it
could be another hole right you let me
see
yeah okay I see what's happened right
there feel close with my thumb is there
is a hole there is a secondary hole it's
supposed to be to get that this is all
supposed to be in one piece together
this is all supposed to move as one unit
this ain't supposed to move
independently that's the problem with
God and I don't know boy I'm gonna go
fix this but we got a hole there maybe I
can rivet another hole there put a rivet
in there and hold that from now but
that's what our issue is here Sophie Oh
trailblazer this is definitely a problem
so let me go ahead and see what I can do
here with that and here's the back of it
opened up and you can see we're not rod
moves it just pulls down on that like
that that's how it opened up see won't
open when you pull up on the handle that
rod pushes down on this and that opens
up so and then automatically locks of
course then boom away we go that's all I
need
so hold back here if you mental but you
know what I figure out thanks for
watching guys let me know where you're
watching from all right boys and girls
here's the deal I got the wire that they
had on there I got it off and now we can
see what's going on here and the reason
they had that wire on there you see this
little tab right here this is supposed
to sit flush back here and there's a
little nipple right here this catches
out just like that
when you open that door handle this
moves and they had a wire on there
hoping that would stay so but it popped
off like this and it was actually back
here like this and it was moving around
so what I think I'm gonna do since I
already have a small hole right there I
want to try to drill on through this
into the metal on this side if I get a
small rivet
and this will hold this for now but it's
this thing's pretty flimsy on the bottom
either feel rusted it is or you can take
this I take this whole rod out you can
just bend this here with a pair of pants
or straighten this back out pliers like
I did here because they actually held
smushed you push this whole rod out pull
this whole thing out but I think I set
this up like this and put that back one
supposed to be laughs they might be able
to get a whole winner thing there's just
a little hole right here in pure rivet
in there then this was hold because you
see back here in the back all rusted
this is just for now I guess what we're
gonna do is so let me get the drill bit
out and get a drill bit here and we'll
see what we can do here alright so
here's my setup I've got my little vice
grips here just kind of holding that
together hey I had to break out the big
guys my rivet said and my bits and all
that and I've got a little hole started
on this side it's like heart surgery
yay alright pick this whole thing up on
eBay for like $13 believe this is going
to be the 5/8 yeah anyway anyway this is
a thousand piece to sort my set and see
hey how about that now I see that that's
one size I wonder if the smaller size
down is too much it's like let's try
this one here well these are all the
same
let's see slightly smaller eyes hey I
think we got a winner here but you know
what just to be safe
the longer one in
all right so let's go ahead and get my
setting a little gun up here and this is
work still work hopefully you can see
this try just one hand hey I think hey
it works
all right about that boys and girls
that's one way to fix a cat let's take
this off here oh yeah there ain't going
nowhere although it's pretty rusty I'll
put some paint on it and clean it up and
I didn't have to take this rod out I
don't want to have to deal with all that
so now it goes up pretty good so
hopefully I probably should've went the
other way with it because you can see
when I push down on this right here it
hits that a little bit but I think I
don't think I have to worry about that
too much it's not all just followed down
a little bit so all right so we fixed it
there but you can see this piece is in
pretty bad shape it looks like we might
have a winner here so we'll go ahead and
stick this back together and see how it
works all right so we got that back on
there and I got just a couple of bolts
here this finger tight for now cuz I'm
gonna get some black paint and spray it
really good all right it's just a
mock-up the stiffness is gonna work you
know wires hooked back up don't forget
to get backed up all right and our wax
looks good there so here we go do you
think it'll work
I say it will all right so we get her
shut that works all right here we go one
two three oh yes it works yay all right
how about that that was so happy and you
hear it lock oh yes all right so we
fixed it guys that's one way to do it
and then we go just put our bolts back
in and put
panel back together and we are good to
go so hope you enjoyed this little fix
here if you have a trailblazer do you
love it
what's the worst you've had done to it
time and we zoom in there and you can
see or I've actually fixed it up in
there a little shiny rip it up in there
a little tiny thing but there ya know my
fingernails are dirty
check it out work be pulled on the
handle now this thing moves on the
bottom like it should and releases so go
ahead and finish up here and put it all
back together and we'll wrap this video
up guys I'll tell you what we'll do
we're gonna use some of this white
lithium grease this stuff will stay on
here it won't rust out as bad as the
other stuff well spray that up and
they're really good get a good coating
I'm going to worry about it'll slow the
rust down which we got some one-way
camera okay so what were the odds of
that hand will spray down here to help
it out a little bit and we're done all
right now we'll in the video all right
all right all back together pieces is we
bring her down and and now open up the
door yes baby I like it when a plan
comes together so there you go guys hope
you liked this video I gotta remind
myself to flip the licen place around
yeah all we needed was some simple tools
and this was a 1/8 inch bit that I used
on that hole to make it there so there
you go guys
if you like this video if you do give it
a thumbs up say hi let me know where
you're watching from and hopefully this
will help you out on your Trailblazer
sale until the next video guys thanks
for watching and I'll see you later
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