 Door handle woes, fixed at last! |
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| WHO |
 Aug 4 2005, 10:04 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 13-May 04 From: Denver, Colorado Member No.: 2,065  |
After replacing the plastic thinger in the outside door handle, it still sucked. I finally bent the internal stamped lever that the handle pushes on inside the door and all is like new! I want the world to know!?
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| SirAndy |
Aug 4 2005, 10:31 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,636 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
yes, they *DO* bend. and most people never check. and bitch about they locks not working right ... simple fix, hard to find! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif) Andy |
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| URY914 |
Aug 5 2005, 06:03 AM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 120,578 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
I hate to tell you this but the next weakest link in the door handle is the mounting tab. Now that you've changed the slider, the tab will soon break. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif) Here is a tip for long life on door handles... Open the driver's door with your left hand and use your thumb under the handle flap, not your four fingers. You shouldn't "pull" on the handle with your right hand. Just use your left thumb to rotate the flapper up. And go slow. A new handle is +/- $200 clams now and on Ebay used ones can go for +$75. P |
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| Rand |
Aug 5 2005, 02:36 PM
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Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,409 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
Agree, don't put any stress on the tab or it's a matter of time before it breaks! Another way is to use your right hand, fingers behind like normal, but don't pull - rotate at the pivot. Push in with your thumb at front end while rotating. After it releases the catch, then open the door.
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| messix |
Aug 5 2005, 02:43 PM
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AKA "CLUTCH KILLER"! Group: Members Posts: 6,995 Joined: 14-April 05 From: between shit kickers and pinky lifters/ puget sound wa.north of Seattle south of Canada Member No.: 3,931 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
when i fixed my door handle with the new plastic plunger i took the time to take the door latch out of the door and clean it of all the crud then relubed it. amazing how well they work now.[ cleaned both latches]
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