Lotus 2004 ELISE Service Notes page 67

Lotus Service Notes
The door latch mechanism is fitted inside the rear face of the door, which is reinforced by a steel plate
bonded to the glass fibre composite door shell. The latch engages with a striker pin which passes through the
composite sill/'B' post moulding, into a captive nut on the roll over bar. An external locking door release button
is mounted via a reinforcing plate, in the top rear of the door outer shell, and transmits its motion around the
rear edge of the door glass to the latch mechanism via two short link rods and a relay lever.
The interior release handle is mounted in the front of the door inner shell, and is connected to the latch
mechanism by a control rod. No interior control of door locking is provided.
Interior Release Handle
- Remove the window winder handle and door trim panel.
- Remove the four screws securing the interior handle assembly and unclip the control rod end clip to allow
the rod to be unhooked from the handle.
- On refitting, ensure that the control rod is located in the guide clips.
Trim panel
Exterior Release Button
- Remove the access disc from the rear
face of the door, and the rod access grommet
lower down.
- Release the two screws securing the lock
assembly and angle bracket to the tapping
plate bonded in the door shell.
- Unclip the link rod from the relay lever,
and withdraw the lock button from the door.
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Door shell
Exterior release
button fixings
(use Permabond A130
A912E7033V)
Control rod access
Section BR
Release
handle
Rod guide clips
b260a
b255b