Hi, I'm cross posting this from the Gen4 board maybe there is some more visibility here
Hi all,
My wife noticed the power sliding door on the driver side wasn't working and let me know and upon quick inspection I see a torn or cut cable dangling from the side, coming from the rear. KNowing that the cable could possibly be replaced, I ordered the ebay replacement kit and performed the procedure as outlined in this great video by this fellow odyssey owner:
HOWEVER, my issues continued:
The door functioned okay manually opening and closing no problem. I turn on car, turn ON power sliding door switch and all of a sudden the driver side door doesn't seem to want to work right. At first not fully opening or closing and making a lot of noises at the motor assembly. After a while the power switches did nothing. I open the motor up to see the new cables I put in had exploded again with the ferrules coming off and pieces of cable sheathing everywhere with the cable mangled.
Fast forward to today when I picked up a new motor assembly from Honda (~$620) with the revised part number (honda 72050-tk8-305) and I install every piece new, including the metal guide/roller piece that came with it. I lubed up all the tracks with Honda Shin Etsu grease to ensure everything moves. Again manually the doors worked and functioned well.
Problem: The new motor assembly seemed to die and just out of curiousity, I pop open the cover and see that the cable again is mangled. The dealer gave me a replacement part since same day it was having issues and I'm hoping it was defective but I'm thinking there are other issues here I'm missing.
I have a new motor assembly now in box and before I install it, are there any technical or computer steps I have to do to make sure this works right or that the cables are aligned properly? Does the door have to be in a specific position first before i operate this? What's the issue that I'm missing here so I don't blow out another motor assembly in fixing this?
Hi all,
My wife noticed the power sliding door on the driver side wasn't working and let me know and upon quick inspection I see a torn or cut cable dangling from the side, coming from the rear. KNowing that the cable could possibly be replaced, I ordered the ebay replacement kit and performed the procedure as outlined in this great video by this fellow odyssey owner:
HOWEVER, my issues continued:
The door functioned okay manually opening and closing no problem. I turn on car, turn ON power sliding door switch and all of a sudden the driver side door doesn't seem to want to work right. At first not fully opening or closing and making a lot of noises at the motor assembly. After a while the power switches did nothing. I open the motor up to see the new cables I put in had exploded again with the ferrules coming off and pieces of cable sheathing everywhere with the cable mangled.
Fast forward to today when I picked up a new motor assembly from Honda (~$620) with the revised part number (honda 72050-tk8-305) and I install every piece new, including the metal guide/roller piece that came with it. I lubed up all the tracks with Honda Shin Etsu grease to ensure everything moves. Again manually the doors worked and functioned well.
Problem: The new motor assembly seemed to die and just out of curiousity, I pop open the cover and see that the cable again is mangled. The dealer gave me a replacement part since same day it was having issues and I'm hoping it was defective but I'm thinking there are other issues here I'm missing.
I have a new motor assembly now in box and before I install it, are there any technical or computer steps I have to do to make sure this works right or that the cables are aligned properly? Does the door have to be in a specific position first before i operate this? What's the issue that I'm missing here so I don't blow out another motor assembly in fixing this?
