B7 A4 doorblade will not come off. Help?

[OwenMcK19]

I’m trying to remove the passenger front doorblade on my 2008 A4 and I have no idea how to get this thing to budge. Can see a bit of rust creeping up from behind it hence wanting to get it off to take a look and/or do some fixing of said rust so of course that will be contributing to its stuck-ness but does anyone have any ideas on how to get it off? I’ve dealt with them before I’ve wiggled them up and down 4000 times, knocked on them up and down trying to free anything that may be helping hold it there and pulled hard enough I could probably get a hernia and yet it will not budge an inch. All in all if anyone has any non destructive methods that may help get it off I’m all ears.
(Side note I did remove the screws btw I’m not that dense)


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[Mister J]

It's supposed to slide toward the back of the car. If it won't move, you'll need to tap it with a mallet. Preferably a plastic mallet with something to pad the blows. I used an extra wide plastic panel pry tool to pad it while hitting mine loose.

Don't be surprised if some of the pins that come out of the door to secure it are rusted out. Mine were, but had just enough left to keep it secure when reinstalled.

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[grmnmusl]

There’s a set screw you have to access from the inside of the door. Slides in place and acres secures it…

[mr_Law]

There’s a set screw you have to access from the inside of the door. Slides in place and acres secures it…

There’s 2 screws each blade. Then slide it back


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[grmnmusl]

Lol didn’t see last line. Both? Take a mallet and screw driver or something flat and nudge it off NE cars usually rusted and crumbled.

[Mister J]

It's supposed to slide toward the back of the car. If it won't move, you'll need to tap it with a mallet. Preferably a plastic mallet with something to pad the blows. I used an extra wide plastic panel pry tool to pad it while hitting mine loose.

Don't be surprised if some of the pins that come out of the door to secure it are rusted out. Mine were, but had just enough left to keep it secure when reinstalled.

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Just like this, but while the door is on the car.

https://youtu.be/cMHZc6wn6HI?si=ay3cx_h1T7PgzGoW

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[OwenMcK19]

To continue this, I have still not been able to get this damned thing off. I have taken doorblades off on several occasions and have never seen one be this stuck on. I have on several occasions given it the normal wiggle up and down given it some wacks with mallets, even tried prying a little from underneath to try to loosen it up and maybe let some garbage out, also blasted the piss out of it with a pressure washer to clear it out further, hell after all that me and another full adult just yanked as hard as we could because we were kinda at F it and it is still yet to budge and inch. Sort of at a loss at this point.


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[Mister J]

It's likely so rusted that when you do finally succeed in removing them, there won't be any more mounting pins to slide onto to reinstall them

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[OwenMcK19]

It's likely so rusted that when you do finally succeed in removing them, there won't be any more mounting pins to slide onto to reinstall them

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Yeah which seems odd considering it’s condition compare to others I have taken off in the past. I know the rear two ones are done for but the area that seems the most stuck shows the least rust so it’s a but of a curious thing. But yeah unfortunately as it goes new door is look like it may be the route instead of rust before. Not the end of the worlds as the doors are pretty easy to take apart on these cars but I will still want to get that doorblade off without damaging so that should be fun to figure out


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[Theiceman]

maybe someone already had it off and glued it back in place due to said pins ?

[OwenMcK19]

maybe someone already had it off and glued it back in place due to said pins ?

It has finally come off thank god. The magic ticket ended up being running a utility knife back and fourth between the door and doorblade and after doing that several times I gave it a medium yank and it came off. Looking at it there was no signs of of glue or any other extra form of attachment. So to anyone who has been reading this I probably appear to be an absolute moron who asked a forum how to get something off after 1 try. But over the last few weeks I have hammered this thing, wiggled it, washed it out, pried at it from underneath with different objects, had 350 pounds of people pull it as hard as possible, and this f*cker would not budge unlike any time I’ve ever tried to remove one previously. But here we are running a knife along it for 2 mins and it comes off. So if anyone can’t get one off that may be worth a try, but if you’re not taking it off to do bodywork you won’t wanna stab your paint anyways so who knows.


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