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| matteyp |
 Jan 5 2011, 05:22 AM
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Nothing a little JB Weld can't fix...  Group: Members Posts: 263 Joined: 8-June 09 From: WA Member No.: 10,450 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
Does anyone know if the right and left side outside door handles on the 914s are interchangeable? I someone have 3 door handles and all of them are stamped with an L. I put the left door handle on the right and it seemed to work ok. Wondering why there stamped L and R if there interchangable. Thanks
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| URY914 |
Jan 5 2011, 07:36 AM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 126,350 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
They can be used on both sides. However if you look closely at a R and a L, the shape of the handle is different. The piece that you pull on to open it follows the shape of the door edge.
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| type47 |
Jan 5 2011, 07:36 AM
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Viermeister Group: Members Posts: 4,254 Joined: 7-August 03 From: Vienna, VA Member No.: 994 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I'm gonna say no since the PET shows a left and right part number. They look close but I think no.
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| RJMII |
Jan 5 2011, 09:58 AM
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Jim McIntosh Group: Members Posts: 3,125 Joined: 11-September 07 From: Sandy, Utah Member No.: 8,112 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(URY914 @ Jan 5 2011, 06:36 AM)  They can be used on both sides. However if you look closely at a R and a L, the shape of the handle is different. The piece that you pull on to open it follows the shape of the door edge. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I've heard a rumor that if you get a flap from an R door and put it on an L doorhandle and it will work on the L side. |
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| dflesburg |
Jan 5 2011, 10:36 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,722 Joined: 6-April 04 From: Warm and Cheerful Centerville Ohio Member No.: 1,896 Region Association: None |
Who needs door handles?
Just cut the windshield off and weld the doors shut like URY914... LOL Then just try the old Magnum PI jump in the car without opening the door... |
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| markb |
Jan 5 2011, 11:21 AM
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914less :( Group: Members Posts: 5,449 Joined: 22-January 03 From: Nipomo, CA Member No.: 180 Region Association: Central California 
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QUOTE(RJMII @ Jan 5 2011, 07:58 AM) QUOTE(URY914 @ Jan 5 2011, 06:36 AM) They can be used on both sides. However if you look closely at a R and a L, the shape of the handle is different. The piece that you pull on to open it follows the shape of the door edge. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I've heard a rumor that if you get a flap from an R door and put it on an L doorhandle and it will work on the L side. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Drivers side handles break much more often then passenger side, I bet you could sell 2 of the lefts & buy a good right. |
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| URY914 |
Jan 5 2011, 12:00 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 126,350 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
Actually the rights break as much as the lefts. I repair both pretty evenly by the numbers. The rights get broken because unknowing passengers think you need to pull on the handle like you're opening a door of a Mack truck.
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| markb |
Jan 5 2011, 12:08 PM
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914less :( Group: Members Posts: 5,449 Joined: 22-January 03 From: Nipomo, CA Member No.: 180 Region Association: Central California
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QUOTE(URY914 @ Jan 5 2011, 10:00 AM) Actually the rights break as much as the lefts. I repair both pretty evenly by the numbers. The rights get broken because unknowing passengers think you need to pull on the handle like you're opening a door of a Mack truck. That would make sense. I've had way too many passengers do just that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) |
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| URY914 |
Jan 5 2011, 01:21 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 126,350 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
The best way to open the door is with your thumb. Hook your thumb under the "flapper" and unlatch it. Don't pull on it with you fingers under the flapper.
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