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Old May 16, 2009 | 03:01 PM
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Perhaps someone here has been through this. I replaced the outside door handle and latch on my 1980. It would not open inside or out with the old pieces. Now with the window up it opens inside or out but seems to be
sticky with the outside handle. Window down won't open outside works perfectly inside. I have a feeling that this is a matter of the rod adjustment from outside handle to latch but I can't find any specs on what the proper adjustment is. Any hints appreciated.
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There is a short paragraph in the AIM on the adjustment. Do you have the AIM?

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Old May 16, 2009 | 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Duke94
There is a short paragraph in the AIM on the adjustment. Do you have the AIM?

Gary
I do have the assembly manual however after reading that paragraph
I assumed it meant to connect the rod to the latch in the "at rest"
position for both units. Is that correct?
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John, when I had to fix the inner and outers of my door handles in the 79 the adjustments I made was to just take all the slack out of the rods.
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John, when I had to fix the inner and outers of my door handles in the 79 the adjustments I made was to just take all the slack out of the rods.
Thats what I thought. I will try again. Many thanks
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