How to remove the rod to the new door lock actuator?

2007 HONDA CRV
150,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 4WD
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TASMOT
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I have the passenger door side lock actuator out of the door. However; the new one does not have the rod on it. I can't figure out how to get the rod off of the old one and on the new one (without breaking something). Any idea how to move the rod to the new actuator?
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Tom
Aug 16, 2021 at 5:30 PM
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KASEKENNY
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You are correct that the actuator will most likely break. Where did you get this one from?

I show that some of suppliers sell this with the rod attached.

Take a look at this link and the picture below:

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/honda,2007,cr-v,2.4l+l4,1434521,body+&+lamp+assembly,door+lock+actuator,13257

However, the ones without the rod are cheaper so if we try to remove it, we need to be careful.

The issue we have is there is no process in the manual that shows how to do this so we are going to have to figure it out. Can you get closer pictures of the rod (end attached to the actuator) so that we can see what needs to be released so that we can remove it?

Thanks
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