You know that little pop-out pocket inside the door?

**SAF** · August 26th, 2014, 19:57

My spring is sprung and it won't stay shut...
how the heck do you get to the works for that thing? Please don't tell me I must take the whole door panel off.

**ben916** · August 26th, 2014, 20:04

Originally Posted by SAF

My spring is sprung and it won't stay shut...
how the heck do you get to the works for that thing? Please don't tell me I must take the whole door panel off.

Winner Winner tofu dinner...

**SAF** · August 26th, 2014, 20:17

dagnabbit.

**lswing** · August 26th, 2014, 20:24

You getting this fixed so you can make the 30th meet in Austin right?

**SAF** · August 26th, 2014, 20:35

Yeah that's it, it's soooo embarrassing!

**Zorb** · August 26th, 2014, 20:59

My passenger side unit acted up initially. If you somewhat smack it shut, it always latches. A little bit of silicone spray worked well for me. Now it works perfectly.

**SAF** · August 26th, 2014, 21:18

Spray where exactly? I guess my spring isn't sprung because it keeps popping open when I push it shut. There must be some toggle latch or something that has stopped catching.

**Bigglezworth** · August 26th, 2014, 22:57

Panel comes off easily. Audi engineers origianlly planned this out well so that they could change out the O2 and EGT sensors....

**ben916** · August 26th, 2014, 23:40

Originally Posted by SAF

dagnabbit.

I should have said:

1. Drop motor...

**SteveKen** · August 26th, 2014, 23:55

Pulling the panel is easy. I swapped out all four door pulls this weekend in about 20 minutes.

Actually I fixed my pocket that wouldn't stay shut on my last RS6. Its a cam mechanism similar in theory to a ball point pen.

The cam track was worn and I rebuilt it with JB weld. Worked like a charm.

**SAF** · August 26th, 2014, 23:58

Originally Posted by SteveKen

Pulling the panel is easy. I swapped out all four door pulls this weekend in about 20 minutes.

Actually I fixed my pocket that wouldn't stay shut on my last RS6. Its a cam mechanism similar in theory to a ball point pen.

The cam track was worn and I rebuilt it with JB weld. Worked like a charm.

Now that's some good info. Thanks!

**Zorb** · August 27th, 2014, 00:43

Spray front edge, lock track area. Do not overdo it. Just enough to hit the lock cam thing, then work it open and shut a few times, then spray again and repeat. If you're using more than 5-10ml of spray, you are overdoing it.

**mik15** · August 27th, 2014, 05:14

or look for some used panels from a regular A6 with good working flaps and then you can simply swap the flaps, a friend bought 2 for like a few bucks, they were in a bad shape but the flaps were as new...it is more work involved but will give you peace of mind on a long run...

**Turbowned** · August 27th, 2014, 15:10

I do preventative maintenance on my door pockets by never, ever, ever opening them

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