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Date:         Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:57:43 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Door handle/lock changing question
Comments: To: BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <4d1b79350901191216j46bf7affw8c1303bef5bca3a9@mail.gmail.com>
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Anyone trying this had probably better use a drill bit... you'll need the hardest thing you can find! I had no problem with this, my first time into the lock innards, and my car looks sooooooo much better for it. Thank you listmembers Unca Joel and Dre Lengyel for the nice handles!

Can I take the old tumbler assemblies, if that's what they are called, and have them re-keyed to pop into my slider handle so it is keyed the same as my other doors?

Jim

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for all the help, guys. I'll take it from here... > > Jim > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:49 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> When you remove the door handle from a vanagon, and you're trying to >>> remove the tumbler, I presume that "yoke" thing with two little arms >>> has to come off the square shaft first... is that pin through the yoke >>> and square shaft, or some kind of set screw? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Jim >> >> >> >> Yes, Jim. You need a suitable drift punch to drive it out. Once that is >> gone, you can pull of the arm. >> Take care that you don't let that tension spring fly out. In a pinch you can >> use an old drill bit of appropriate >> size to drive out the roll pin. Nails are not suitable because they have >> pointed tips which can expand the top of >> roll pin as you try to drive it out. If you must use a nail, grind the >> tip flat first. Most nails this size are finishing >> nails which are quite soft. I would not be surprised if ou did not bent it a >> few times during the operation. This >> is why I prefer to use old drill bits for that purpose as a substitute for >> the drift. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> -- >> BenT >> >


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