If you're lucky, it will just be the loose rod. However these handles are made of a rather flimsy metal which will break, particularly if your doors tend to stick and you pull hard on the handle to compensate. The only solution is to replace the whole assembly. (In the short term, you can take off the chrome trim piece, clamp locking pliers on the remnants of the handle and use that to open the door. Ask me how I know this...)
As a work of advice, if using the outside handle from the inside, it is awkward to pull on and you may overpull, again particularly if your doors are sticky. This handle isn't exactly the sturdiest thing either so you might want to pull gently on the outside handle with one hand while pushing the door open with the other. Good luck! Greg Rowe >From: "St.John, Kenneth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "St.John, Kenneth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'James Carruthers'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, spit ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Door Handles and Brake Lights x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" >Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:25:29 -0800 > >James, > I had a similar problem with my door handle. Like you said, once I >pulled the panel off it was fairly obvious. A thin rod connects the handle >to the mechanism. It simply passes through a hole in the handle and is >then >bent back. The rod had come loose causing the handle to flop around. > Take off the handle trim plate and the window handle. Pop off the >trim panel and good luck! > >Ken St.John >74 1500 "lil Red" >65 Mk II project "Ol Blue" > _________________________________________________________________ /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
