Door Lock & Handle
A quick update on door handles. . . I thought like the door is fitted rite so lets fit the door handle - it only has 2 fixings and it wont take long so the other Sunday morning I went to fit it.
So first I needed to fit the B post door peg, I had done this before so it was quick to just put the peg back in the B Post.
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| B-Post Peg & Trim |
Then I put the lock into the door, 4 screws, no problems but when the door shuts it is about 4mm short of fitting flush to the panel. Nothing to do about that - couldn't adjust the peg anymore to get the shut I wanted so 2 plates were made to space the door lock inside the door. Door shuts great!
Now the to fit the interior handle - guess what you cant fit that with the door lock fitted so out it came again, handle rod installed and refitted - great!
Now the door handle - having already fitted that into the door I was confident BUT I hadn't fitted it with the re-positioning lock had I, so out it all came again, some tweaking of the lock and handle and back it all goes, great!
All fitted and aligned, I shut the door and twang, a rattle, frustratingly the interior handle rod spring tension had bust. This was part of the lock mechanism and it took some ingenuity to design and construct a fix using some foam, all back together - hurray!
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| Lock mechanism with new anti-rattle fixing |
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| Final door shut with handle - happy with that |
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