Door Handles
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Door Handles
hello, well I have collected alot of door handles for my 7. and I finish them all...Why? Koz they keep freaken breaking. I enter tru the trunk a couple of times. people laugh at me. hehe. anyways should I just shave my handles and just get door poppers?
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I can vouch for the safety wire trick. J-Rat did the trick on my door handle about 6 months ago and its still held up. I do lock my door with the key though, I don't hold up the handle, just to be safe.
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I almost did the J-RAT safety wire, but instead did what they do in aircraft repairs. I made a *double* and riveted it to the broken part with 1/8" pull rivets. The doubler is just a piece of sheet metal cut the width of the broken part and you lay it on top of the broken part. Drill a couple of 1/8" holes above and below the break. Holes go through the doubler and the broken part. Pull the rivets and your almost home free.
The problem with this method is the broken part moves through fixed slots in the handle assy and you have to widen those slots for the double to pass through the slots. I used a rotary file. The removed material is not visible once done.
I added five minute epoxy b/t the broken part and the doubler to hold it in place while drilling and pulling the rivets.
The problem with this method is the broken part moves through fixed slots in the handle assy and you have to widen those slots for the double to pass through the slots. I used a rotary file. The removed material is not visible once done.
I added five minute epoxy b/t the broken part and the doubler to hold it in place while drilling and pulling the rivets.
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My door handle does not work again. I took it out. The doubler is just fine and the rest of the handle is fine, it's the piece of plastic that threads on the rod that broke in pieces. It's that plastic piece that fits in the door handle.
Sooooooo. I've a block of aluminum, a band saw, Dremel motor, files.........and I'm going to make a metal one. And it'll have a cotter key on the nipple that fits thru the hole on the handle.
Sooooooo. I've a block of aluminum, a band saw, Dremel motor, files.........and I'm going to make a metal one. And it'll have a cotter key on the nipple that fits thru the hole on the handle.
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My door handle does not work again. I took it out. The doubler is just fine and the rest of the handle is fine, it's the piece of plastic that threads on the rod that broke in pieces. It's that plastic piece that fits in the door handle.
Sooooooo. I've a block of aluminum, a band saw, Dremel motor, files.........and I'm going to make a metal one. And it'll have a cotter key on the nipple that fits thru the hole on the handle.
Sooooooo. I've a block of aluminum, a band saw, Dremel motor, files.........and I'm going to make a metal one. And it'll have a cotter key on the nipple that fits thru the hole on the handle.
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Oh well, I made one but from threaded rod stock instead. It works fine. It seems the next thing to fail will be that plastic clasp that holds the OTHER rod to the handle.
The bolt in the last picture represents the long threaded rod that the *nipple* screws on to.
My post makes no sense to anyone who has not removed and replaced the door handle several times.
The bolt in the last picture represents the long threaded rod that the *nipple* screws on to.
My post makes no sense to anyone who has not removed and replaced the door handle several times.