How To Remove Passenger Side Door Lock?

[rayj]

Hi,

I need to take my door lock out from the passenger side because it was broken into and now the lock is mangled...

I've got the door trim off, that was easy.

But now I'm looking inside the door, I can see the lock barrel/cylinder, but how do I take it out?

This is a Cefiro btw, but I'm assuming most Nissan's would have the same lock setup...

Thanks for any help

[Victory]

On R33's there is a round hole in the door frame with a plastic cover over the hole directly behind the lock barrel. If you remove this cover you can see a 10 mm nut that holds the lock in place. Just use a 10mm socket on a short extension to remove the nut and the barrel just comes off.

If you use a 1/4 drive socket set it is nice and small and gets in there easily, a larger drive (3/8 or 1/2) may also work but I have not tried it due to space.