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I did. Usually it would just pop half unlatched. Enough to rattle. Once in a while it would pop all the way open but that could have been the door not being shut all the way. I used a vice to slightly straighten the 2 bends in the link. It only needs to be long enough that the vertical arm...

The actual problem is the link from the outside door latch to the catch mechanism. Grinding isn't necessary and isn't a good idea. If you remove the latch and take off the bent link that goes from the outside door handle part you can streighten it a little bit until the link on the latch side...