Door harness retrieval.

Little Dog

A2OC Donor
European-Union
How do you get one of these grommets and the harness out of a door?

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There are four barbs holding it in, three of which have to be compressed at the same time. With poor access the best I could manage was two.

Working on the drive and with the weather worsening I resorted to a drill and tin snips.

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I'd prefer not to have to do that again.
 
I found that you can really squeeze the plastic bit together then give it a good old yank and it comes out, the trick is not to be too gentle!!!
 
I found that you can really squeeze the plastic bit together then give it a good old yank and it comes out, the trick is not to be too gentle!!!

That’s similar my usual technique except I tend to wiggle the connector while pulling. The problem with A2 doors is there are clips that you can’t access the back of.
I suppose a body shop would order a set of new clips but I want to recycle as much as possible. Yesterday I was still drilling. Going to start the front door today will report on efforts and learnings.
 
Oooops! can’t conclude this thread. The front door harness grommets are easy to remove. Did two yesterday easily accessed from behind and three barbs depressed in turn with a screwdriver resulted in easy removal.
What I can confirm is the string method does not work for these items.
 
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