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Date:         Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:19:04 -0700
Reply-To:     mark <guruvinnie@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         mark <guruvinnie@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      sliding door knob
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mine failed.. and its a 1991... tried to remove the
assembly.. but the so-called brass or alloy of the
screws... are so soft they've started to chew up...
never did remove it...


> mark drillock wrote:
>>
>> Sorry, it is broken. The little black knob is
supposed to stay up by
>> itself. The 80-84 models are prone to this failure.
A tiny spring
>> breaks
>> and then the little black knob won't stay up and
the door locks itself
>> every time you close it. The whole latch assembly
is riveted together
>> so
>> I don't know how to fix it. I buy working ones at
the junkyard and
>> replace them. The later models don't seem to fail
this way but they
>> won't fit the early door.




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