Volkswagen Golf Door lock cylinder repair and assembly tutorial

Repairing the door lock cylinder on a Volkswagen Golf Mark 4. The cam inside the barrel is the part that usually breaks. You can buy a replacement set online for a few euros/dollars. I would advise keeping your locks lubricated to prevent them from breaking in the first place. Thanks for watching. If you found this video helpful, maybe you could consider supporting my channel by using the ‘Super Thanks’ button below the video. Your support would be really appreciated, thank you ! Please comment, like and subscribe !.

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[blackericdenice]

Dude, I was about to take my part to a locksmith. BTW, thank you for not playing stupid music.

[EGrottendieck]

Dear Sir! This was the perfect video at the perfect time. Today I repaired my broken door lock and without your excellent tutorial the job would have been nay on impossible. With it: piece of cake! Thank you very much and keep up the good work!

[muhammed]

Thanks bro you made my day, you were the only one who tells in detail where the spring has to be exactly 👍👍

[saibotj]

You are helping people for so many years with this 😅

I still have to do the repair tomorrow, but with such an excellent tutorial ... no worries!


Thank you very much for this calm and on the point video.

[wiking-thsh]

Hej,
mycket bra video och stort tack.

[giovannibontempi]

Best video I've seen on this topic. You show CLEARLY how to refit the spring which is the most fidgety part. Thank You

[moneefiction]

Great tutorial. I was doing this recently and it helped to have a second pair of hands as it can be really tough to push the spring into place. I suggest using a wide flat head screwdriver as opposed to a finger nail! Also make sure to put grease or chain oil in so the parts work easier and don't wear out as quickly.

[zacetto]

So, how much do I like the conciseness and clarity of this vid? I love it, as I am now using it, TWICE. I just wish the poxy, pattern lock kits which are seemingly made of damp shortbread, were as reliable and helpful as this video.

They lasted all of six months. At least I know this info, kindly supplied, is spot-on. Many thanks.

[richardthompson]

You Sir are a legend, tried for ages with other tutorials but yours was the one, simplistic quiet and calm no fuss did it on the second attempt, I doff my cap to you Sir.

[automaticfantastic]

this worked for my 2000 Jetta. You are a lifesaver. kind of scary that if you try hard enough, you can open the doorlock with a flathead screw driver.

[taslimmartin]

Dear sir,
Thank you very much for your beautifully clear and informative video without which I would have had to pay at least £75 to a mechanic. Instead of which the repair Kit cost me £4.50 from the local VW parts depot. I followed your instructions and it went very smoothly this is where the Internet really works well thank you once again for sharing.

[orlandosilva]

Buen día desde Comodoro Rivadavia...por fin alguien que explique bien y de la manera muy sencilla...saludos desde Argentina

[mohammedsalah]

You are genius that twist thing and how you did it is superfast and easy to do

[kenmisterfish]

Thank you, a useful guide, I would never have worked out how it went back together without this video. I could not get the spring to hook over the second fixing, so in frustration I simply snipped off the ear that sticks out, then it was ten seconds to put in place.

[ВасилийКосенко-жу]

Спасибо мужик!!! Ты единственный кто чётко показал как её

[richardharries]

It’s been a pleasure watching. Without any highly irritating background music being played. Great pop up on screen instructions. Although this would be better with some verbal instructions as well.

[herenow]

Thank you so much for uploading this video. I am needing to rebuild the lock for a VW Polo, but this is the same.
All I have is a pile of broken bits that I fished out from the bottom of the door and no idea how it all goes together. Ordered the repair kit hoping it would either have a diagram or be self explanatory. But now I know what to do, so thank you very much.

[Efendi]

Danke für das Detailierte Video. Richtig gut erklärt habe eine Menge Geld gespart durch dich. MEGA

[mustangmaniac]

Thank you VERY much for taking the time to do such a great video, this was extremely helpful. Last week my lock cylinder pulled right out of the housing when I tried to roll down my windows using the key. I ended up pulling a junkyard door handle assembly, both inner and outer, to study them and use for parts. Tonight I removed my old lock and housing but thought I was screwed when some pieces popped out. I'm going to try again tomorrow to wrap it up but this really helped me understand how to put it all back together.

[prxZen]

Thank you for this. The bottom cam piece on my driver door 99 B5 Passat was broken, some of the parts are a tiny bit different but overall practically the same. And the repair kit I got was slightly different too, from the original. There are other videos around, but this was straight to the point and showed it well in good detail. If I could make one small suggestion (for future content, this is very good as is), it's to show stuff like the cam pieces a little bit more, from more angles, so viewers can see the full shape a little bit better. And maybe the position of the actual key/lock cylinder and the sleeve around it inside the outer casing, as it won't go together unless it's at the right angle and the pin-thingy slides down into the small, deeper recess. It could be useful for those that have taken the cylinder out for re-keyring or a full overhaul.

That's what I ended up doing when I saw what an absolute stuffed mess the inside was like. Never disassembled, overhauled and rebuilt a wafer'esque lock cylinder before, so it took some time but in the end worked out ok. It was so full of watery oil-goop and grime that the all thebwafers barely moved when extracting the key; had to leaver and pull them out with a pick and pliers. If anyone needing to do this reads this post: Yours might not be as sticky so take out the key *VERY* slowly. They're spring loaded and only held in by the key going through them. So hold your finger over them and extract one at a time. Make sure you mark the cylinder in a way that doesn't come off when cleaning it, and lay the wafers in the correct order so you can't accidentally knock it and mess it up. And note down the numbers, their sequence and positions; it's stamped on the wafers. This way if younever lose your keys and you need a new key cut to get into the car, you can get that cut at any practically any locksmith, from the wafer number sequence. It won't have the chip for the immobilizer, but at least you can get inside.

If you do mess the wafers up, it's not the end of the world, there's only a few of them, and you can figure out which goes where by doing them one at a time with only that one wafer in one spot in the cylinder. You don't need to hassle with keeping all the other wafers in check in the cylinder while testing. Insert the key fully, and check that it goes flush with the cylinder (on both sides), or barely sticks out 1-0.5mm under the spring tension and will go flush with a gentle push.

Also be extremely careful when working with the springs. They're so small and light that they'll stick to stuff just by static, but they're still springs so they'll f**k off on you if you barely look at them too long - never to be seen again. Long story short, my lock cylinder now has one less wafer (do not install wafers without their spring! They won't return to position properly and can jam your cylinder). If you lose a spring and don't have spares, leave out a wafer when reassembling it.

A bonus after having done this once - I now know it's frankly quite easy to "re-pin" these types of locks and sets of these wafers are cheap on AliExpress and Ebay. So if I'm ever in a position where I have a car with these locks, that have different keys for different locks because of a former used-parts repair (or I need to do one) - I can save a lot of money by just re-pin in the other cylinder(s) to fit the ignition key.