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| | | | Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 66 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 66 | Hello All,
Melvin, I took your advice and took the door latches apart. I resprung (stretched)the slider springs and reassembled. Some improvement but not good enough. I then noticed the wear on the end of the door handle (square end). I inserted a tap where the bolt goes and mig welded the square where worn. I then ground and filed until the square fit tight with no slop into the latch. This corrected the droopy handle syndrom. Now I realize that mig is soft but at the age of 63 I think it will outlive me. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Way to go APV. I have also heard of a few guys putting the handle in a vice, heating it up, and then twisting it a bit. From the couple I have heard of doing that it worked also.
...yeah, they'll outlive us but we need to leave a little work for someone else later!! | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | That's what I did Alvin, I didn't use heat,I just had an extra helping of spinach! Worked fine for me....brute force and ignorance  Thanks for the tip APV. I'm sure others will find it useful. 
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
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