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| | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 | The teeth on one of my door handle relays and on one of my door window regulators are stripped badly (each on a different door). (The '54 3100 is the truck in question here.)
The mechanisms themselves work fine, but I can't get a handle on either one. My question is, can I have them machined (or something?) to bring the teeth back or am I likely to lose too much shaft diameter for my handles to work any more?
I looked at replacements for both, but 1) I don't really want to spend the money when the regulators still work, and 2) it just too hard to work in the door (we converted one door from a turn-down handle to a pushbutton and nearly ended up in family court!!).
Any advice would be appreciated. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 | Hi Kimberly, I have a 54 also..I read somewhere, that you can mark and drill a hole in the shaft, so your set screw will fit into it..Will save what ever spline you have left, and make the handle solid..I believe I'm gonna have to do to my window handles...Just a thought, Steve | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 | | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | It seems to me that the question now is, which piece should carry the threads. I would go for threading the hole in the door handle and maybe drilling a small dent in the shaft. If the first try doesn't work out, you can just work on another door handle. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 531 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 531 | It's like you were in my driveway over the weekend watching me deal with the very same problem Kim! All of a sudden, it came loose and no matter how tight I try to make the screw on the window handle it still turns freely.
I think Shoops suggestion makes sense! | | |
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