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90 Jetta Carat Drivers Door Handle
Hi, Well it was an icy morning and me and the wife we're yanking on the
doors of the Carat. It seems I've partially yanked the unit away from the door. It's the end with the lock. From my memory of playing with these things, there's only 2 screws. Maybie if I take the inner door apart. My bently manual doesn't get very detailed about this... Les |
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Irv > wrote:
>Hi, Well it was an icy morning and me and the wife we're yanking on the >doors of the Carat. It seems I've partially yanked the unit away from >the door. It's the end with the lock. From my memory of playing with >these things, there's only 2 screws. Maybie if I take the inner door >apart. My bently manual doesn't get very detailed about this... A2-chassis Golf has 2 screws holding the outside handle on the door, one from the edge of the door and another screw under the clip-in insert at the front of the handle. If the lock-end has come adrift, then the screw may have been lost or just very loose. Perhaps panel corrosion?? It's an M6 screw. 15mm IIIRC. I found some stainless socket-head cap-screws and machine washers to fit the handles to my car. -- /"\ Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia \ / ASCII ribbon campaign | For every complex problem there is an X against HTML mail | answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. / \ and postings | --HL Mencken |
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Irv > wrote:
>Hi, Well it was an icy morning and me and the wife we're yanking on the >doors of the Carat. It seems I've partially yanked the unit away from >the door. It's the end with the lock. From my memory of playing with >these things, there's only 2 screws. Maybie if I take the inner door >apart. My bently manual doesn't get very detailed about this... Door handle is held on with two screws. Pop off the trim strip on the handle with a small screwdriver. One screw is under it. The other screw is on the back side of the door. Open the door and you'll see the screw. Todd |
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OK I got a good look at it, I broke it, metal fatigue.
Only answer is a new handle with keys and all from ebay, price $18. Les |
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Irv > wrote:
>OK I got a good look at it, I broke it, metal fatigue. >Only answer is a new handle with keys and all from ebay, >price $18. You can use the old lock cylinders in the new handles. If the old cylinder aren't shiny enough at the front, you can swap the lock plates from the old lock cylinders into the new to keep the same old keys. Takes about half anhour to do both locks if you take your time; or 2 hours if you hurry. ;-) -- /"\ Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia \ / ASCII ribbon campaign | For every complex problem there is an X against HTML mail | answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. / \ and postings | --HL Mencken |
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90 Jetta Carat Drivers Door Handle
Bernd Felsche > wrote:
>You can use the old lock cylinders in the new handles. If you reuse the lock cylinder, note that you want to insert the old key in the old lock first. That keeps the "lock plates" in their retracted position and prevents them from flying all over the place when you remove the cylinder. Once the key is in, remove the screw on the end of the lock cylinder and transfer the cylinder to the new handle. Make sure to get the funky round spring and the forked piece in the correct position (note their positions before disassembling). Todd |
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Bernd Felsche wrote:
> > Once you've gone as far as extracting the lock cylinders, it's not > a big deal to match the locks to the original keys. > > I've discovered that I'd already preserved a copy of my article for > "posterity" in my www-trove at > http://Bernd.Felsche.org/tech/Swap_Lock_Tumblers > Thanks, it's saved here as well, and I enjoyed your site as well. Les |
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