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Daves55Sedan · 08-03-2020, 03:38 PM

Many years ago, my driver side latch had the same problem with the star wheel barely hanging by a thread. I took the door apart and removed the latch. When you turn it over on the backside, you will notice that the backside of the starwheel has a short shaft that is pressed into the lock-wheel. That connection was loosened up so I laid the mechanism flat on the star-wheel, took a long flat punch and hammered that end back down again, but it was still a little loose, so I got out the mig welding outfit and spot welded the star-wheel shaft solidly onto the lock-wheel. Thats probably been at least 35 years ago and it is still working like new !

08-03-2020, 03:38 PM	#14
Daves55Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Granite City, Illinois Posts: 3,008	Re: 55 Ford Ranch wagon Door latch Question Many years ago, my driver side latch had the same problem with the star wheel barely hanging by a thread. I took the door apart and removed the latch. When you turn it over on the backside, you will notice that the backside of the starwheel has a short shaft that is pressed into the lock-wheel. That connection was loosened up so I laid the mechanism flat on the star-wheel, took a long flat punch and hammered that end back down again, but it was still a little loose, so I got out the mig welding outfit and spot welded the star-wheel shaft solidly onto the lock-wheel. Thats probably been at least 35 years ago and it is still working like new !