[C2] Door panel removal
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 1,443
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From: Fairfax, Virginia
Hi Johnny,
Much has been written about this very subject. I did a quick query and hundreds of past threads came up on this subject. Here is a link to one of many. An Archive Search is your friend. C.J.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...p-removal.html
Much has been written about this very subject. I did a quick query and hundreds of past threads came up on this subject. Here is a link to one of many. An Archive Search is your friend. C.J.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...p-removal.html
Race Director
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 17,682
Likes: 3,678
From: Central Arkansas
Some people use a strip of cloth to work behind the **** and saw it back and forth to snag the clip to pull it free. Others use a set mall hooked pick and depress the panel to see the back of the clip and snag it with the pick to unseat it. A few have somehow found room to get a standard window crank removal tool in but it can risk marring the panel. I believe someone suggested recently to tie a piece of fishing line to the clip when reinstalling the **** with a short loop tied in it that can be concealed under the **** but caught easily with a pick the next time - something like that.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 9,015
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From: Southeast Missouri
Those recessed lock ***** on the 65 thru 67's are the most difficult of all the clipped items to remove. After spending literally hours in removing the left and right side door lock ***** on my '65 and '66, I drilled and threaded a small hole in the lock **** on the underneath side of the **** to facilitate installation and removal in the future. Not factory, but it's undetectable from a normal viewing position and unless I pointed it out to you, there's not much chance of being detected. Not for NCRS judging, but I kept my original ***** in case someone wishes to return them to original installation in the future. Won't be me . . . .
A search on the forum will provide details should you wish, one of the members correctly pointed out also that drilling the **** from the rear rather than underneath would be simpler and would not be visible when the door is closed, not really very noticeable when it was opened. He's right, would be simpler to modify in that manner.
All good advice given for removal of the originals in the above posts, I just chose to opt out of fighting the battles in the future. Works for me, hope you've got them off by now!!
A search on the forum will provide details should you wish, one of the members correctly pointed out also that drilling the **** from the rear rather than underneath would be simpler and would not be visible when the door is closed, not really very noticeable when it was opened. He's right, would be simpler to modify in that manner.
All good advice given for removal of the originals in the above posts, I just chose to opt out of fighting the battles in the future. Works for me, hope you've got them off by now!!
Le Mans Master
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From: Pittsburgh
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I have used "Pick" Tools from Amazon that have worked to pull the clips, Lock **** being the toughest!. I have also used a shear stocking down behind the **** to snag the clip ends. Stocking not to be returned to my Wife!!!! She still wonders where that stocking went!!!
Le Mans Master
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From: Arlington TX
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I just used the standard crank removal tool after first covering it with Teflon tape. Still was difficult and, using wax paper, finally got agressive enough to force tool under **** which finally removed it. No damage to panel.
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