outside handles
 

New here. I just bought a 31 Vicky. I`m putting new outside door handles on. The one on the driver`s side went on, no problem. The pass side worked befor I took it off. I am putting a locking handle on and it seems to act like the handle is locked. It works from the in side. I just put a piece of square stock in the hole and still not working. ANY help!!!! Thanks Alan my e-mail is [email protected]

Re: outside handles
 

Do you have the special keyed handle with a "necked" area close to the end of the shaft? Inside the door, there is a fixed square hole, and right behind it a rotating square hole. The necked area of the shaft must pass through the fixed hole (which means that the shaft can rotate) and the full-size part of the shaft at the very end will engage the second square hole, so it can operate the latch mechanism. To install the shaft in the right position, the latch has to be partially opened until the two square holes line up.

The point of all this was to keep a thief from simply unscrewing and removing the handle, and sticking a screwdriver or something into the hole to open the door.

Doug

Re: outside handles
 

Thanks Doug. I knocked off the corners on the square stock at that spot and everything worked fine. Thanks for your time. Alan