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?
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?