Installing outside door handles.
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Drifting
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From: Oxford CT
Installing outside door handles.
Has anybody come up with any tricks for for installing and tightening the two nuts that hold the handle in. I've done it a few times over the years and its always been a project with a lots of blood and cuts.
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Drifting
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From: Oxford CT
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For me...I have a wrench that is the correct length so I can go and get the upper nut easily. The lower nut is no big deal.
I do not remove the latch due to the door handles often times have the studs being a bit too long and when the handle is installed...the upper stud on the handle actually contacts the latch mechanism...which means that the handle needs to be removed and the stud cut. I run into this about 20% of the time...so I always set the handle in first and check to see if the stud is hitting the latch.
DUB
I do not remove the latch due to the door handles often times have the studs being a bit too long and when the handle is installed...the upper stud on the handle actually contacts the latch mechanism...which means that the handle needs to be removed and the stud cut. I run into this about 20% of the time...so I always set the handle in first and check to see if the stud is hitting the latch.
DUB
