Re: [T3] Door Handles

["Mike" <fisherfarms@uwol.net>]

<x-flowed>My door handles won't come off!  I can see a groove for c-clips like Chevys 
have.  I don't see any c-clips, so have prise with screwdriver as my 
Autopress Manual suggests.  I can get a good grip with Chanelocks, but just 
wiggles!  I'm not missing something less than obvious here am I???  Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 6:34 PM
Subject: RE: [T3] My (redesigned) pulley lock.


> On 2 Mar 2006 at 20:07, Keith Park wrote:
>
> > Ya know what we REALLY need?  The slotted washers used to pull the upper 
> > and
> > lower front end bushings.  I could supply dimensions in the spring when I
> > harvest some beams but they would need to be made from hardened steel so
> > they wouldn't bend and cutting the slotted hole in them would be the fun
> > part.
>
> I tried making a pair of those a few years ago. I didn't have any
> kind of CAD program at the time, but I did have some used bushings
> from a dead beam.
>
> The ones I made LOOK terrific, but they don't actually work.
> Everything about them was just a tad too big to slip thru the
> bushings when tilted. These were not hardened; they were just thick
> enough, about 3/8", that they're not going to bend.
>
> Just another project that needs revisiting....
>
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