Door panel removal help, How to remove the black plastic window crank Options

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I'm getting the passenger door ready for the PDR guy to fix a couple minor door dings in the '73 tomorrow (wish me luck letting someone else mess with my car)

Followed the guide below from an old post:

Roll window down.

Take off pockets on doors, philips head screws + allen wrench.

Pop the center plastic off of the window crank, remove screw + crank.

Pop off the black plastic cover on the door latch, remove metal surround held on with 1 screw.

Carefully pop off plastic clips around the bottom and side edges of the panel. Maybe a putty knife will help.

Panel should lift off upwards.


Everything went fine except I can't see how to remove the black plastic window crank. My '73 has the solid black plastic cranks. Thought there would be a plastic cap over a screw that holds the crank handle to the mechanism but there doesn't appear to be a cap. How do I remove the handle to get to the screw underneath? Does the whole black plastic arm somehow snap off to reveal a metal handle underneath with access to the screw?

Thanks for the help!