The latch on bottom door broke and in the closed/locked position. In the process of removing it the back plate ,with 3 studs, dropped and disappeared into a cavity. I am stuck as I cannot see it. Does anybody have an idea of how I can retrieve it?
2012 Renault Koleos tailgate bottom door latch.
- Thread starter Swannie
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Thanx for reply. It is a steel plate but so is everything around it. Magnet get stuck on everything. I now consider cutting the cavity open. Before I do that I will wait a few days hoping someone will come up with another idea.
What about one of those flexible claw devices used for grabbing parts? I know you can't see it but I'm just making a suggestion.
Well yes, that is bound to happen in a car made of steel.
Don't give up so easily.
My pick up tool is a flexible metal shaft with a (rare earth) magnet on the end.
If the magnet is not perpendicular to the metal the attraction is not enough to bind up the tool.
https://www.tradetools.com/product-...MIn9by6piU5gIVjDgrCh3oYwU0EAQYAyABEgI8gvD_BwE
Thank you. I will see if I can find one and give it a try.
You might also like to invest in an endoscope.
They're pretty cheap these days if you get one that plugs into your smartphone and the quality is adequate - good.
Makes life easier if you need to look in hard to get-at places.
If you can get your magnetic pickup on the plate it should pick up.
They're pretty cheap these days if you get one that plugs into your smartphone and the quality is adequate - good.
Makes life easier if you need to look in hard to get-at places.
If you can get your magnetic pickup on the plate it should pick up.
The tailgate is pretty simple and apart from the latch there's nothing else in there.
If you can't get an endoscope, try a small mirror stuck in position with a wad of blue-tack.
(If you've got kids, ask one of them to have a go at getting the plate. They can get where no adult can).
I wouldn't be cutting the tailgate open under any circumstances. If I couldn't retrieve the original plate I'd be going to the wreckers and getting another plate and leaving that one that's fallen where it is.
View attachment Koleos MR421 Trim & Upholstery 25.pdfView attachment Koleos MR421 Trim & Upholstery 26.pdf
Cheers
RTT
If you can't get an endoscope, try a small mirror stuck in position with a wad of blue-tack.
(If you've got kids, ask one of them to have a go at getting the plate. They can get where no adult can).
I wouldn't be cutting the tailgate open under any circumstances. If I couldn't retrieve the original plate I'd be going to the wreckers and getting another plate and leaving that one that's fallen where it is.
View attachment Koleos MR421 Trim & Upholstery 25.pdfView attachment Koleos MR421 Trim & Upholstery 26.pdf
Cheers
RTT