>From: "Brian Isherwood" <bci@ROADRUNNER.CIRCON.COM> >Subject: Sliding door handle - outside >The outside handle is loose and it wiggles quite a bit. There is >some serious paint removal along a circular pattern in the door >handle recess - obviously from the handle scraping the body when it >is twisted to open the door. Is there a rubber grommet or something >that rots out over time? Or maybe am I missing a crucial part which >the PO was too cheap to replace? I've always wondered, but haven't >lost much sleep over it.... >Anyone? >Brian. You are *not* alone. My scrape/rust spot is only at the top of the arc in the recess, but it is the same basic problem. I have an 84 GL. I have heard that VW changed things in 85 to improve the whole handle assembly workings, but I know of no *fix* and have not (yet) lost sleep over it. The 85 *fix* may have made the door open too easily. Just ask Tim Schlaile who has a door on his 87 that opens while driving (even when locked). THAT I might lose some sleep over! -Jim Bryant
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