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10-12-2015, 05:40 AM | #21 |
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Re: drooping door handle
some one makes a plate with square hole and a spring on it to hold handle up .
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10-12-2015, 04:32 PM | #22 |
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Re: drooping door handle
I'd like to know about that modification.
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10-13-2015, 11:15 AM | #23 |
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Re: drooping door handle
On my `32 I noticed It's the latch bar that returns the handle to horizontal. when the door is opened it's fine, but when closed the striker keeps the latch bar from returning the handle all the way back. Then it flops up and down a little causing the droop. What it needs is a secondary spring to return the handle to horizontal independent of the latch bar.
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10-13-2015, 12:43 PM | #24 |
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Re: drooping door handle
Just change the handles from one side of the car to the other. Droop down will now be droop up. The "Viagra" effect.
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10-13-2015, 10:23 PM | #25 |
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Re: drooping door handle
I don't know about other years, but on my forty, the 1/4" square shaft on the handle was worn off on the corners where it entered the square hole in the inner mechanism. I built up the worn spots with a dab of weld metal, ground/filed it back to square, and it worked fine. also found one that the shaft was broke and welded on a length of 1/4" square key stock clocked match old, cut to length, and it worked as good as new. This also restores all lost motion when turning handle, back to 90 degrees. This is assuming the return spring is in good condition. Don't know why the shaft wears out before the hole, but the car is 75 years old. I have picked up a lot of original handles at swap meets and most of them have this same problem. Just saying it worked for me.
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10-14-2015, 12:13 AM | #26 |
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Re: drooping door handle
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