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Re: Outside door handle & central locking motor
Posted: 21 Mar 2012 02:00 pm
by trabitom99
gl340 wrote: but it is the metal piece on the handle itself which is broken so does not move lever, push up, anymore to open position ?
Exactly!
gl340 wrote:Is the right front door handle the very same as right rear door handle.
I don't know whether anything could be "made to fit" but the part numbers for front and rear handles are certainly different. Also, there is a difference between 80 - 84 and 85 - 91 door handles, for the front anyway.
gl340 wrote:What is remedy, new handle or is there a way to repair ?
A new handle ... I'm afraid I don't have any spares.
Cheers
Tom
Re: Outside door handle & central locking motor
Posted: 21 Mar 2012 03:51 pm
by macplaxton
trabitom99 wrote:there is a difference between 80 - 84 and 85 - 91 door handles, for the front anyway.
Is that just for the different locks? (longer key on one key cars)
Re: Outside door handle & central locking motor
Posted: 21 Mar 2012 04:09 pm
by trabitom99
I have no idea, possibly, if one key cars were introduced in '85 ...
Cheers
Tom
Re: Outside door handle & central locking motor
Posted: 21 Mar 2012 04:33 pm
by macplaxton
I think they were sometime around then. (Earlier cars for the doors and boot/hatch used a shorter Casi key as opposed to Neimann? ones on the steering lock/ignition switch)
Re: Outside door handle & central locking motor
Posted: 25 Mar 2012 07:53 pm
by gl340
Left rear repaired by fixing broken metal lever. Two parts of lever bonded and with wire looparound make to be again one piece.
After 2 days testing still working.
But right front similar problem, broken lever.
Unfortunately part of lever missing and not available. Look to find a way to fabricate similar lever.
Two doors two different break points, it looks to me that source of trouble is material fatigue.
Re: Outside door handle & central locking motor
Posted: 25 Mar 2012 08:03 pm
by Chris_C
I agree, the metal of that handle does fatigue. Last time I had one go they were still available but I think this is no longer the case.