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Old 03-28-2013, 10:25 AM   #4
Keith Seymore
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Re: Think this would work? Door handle swap

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Originally Posted by Skunksmash View Post
And they don't do that -bend inwards over time- thing.
The bend inwards over time thing is an easy fix.

There were two styles use: Early versions used a thick black "rubber band" over the stop tab. When the band gets lost the handle stops too far inboard. Placing a little piece of rubber over the tab (or glued to the tab) takes care of it. Can be done for minimal effort and for free. Bend the tab slightly to fine tune the adjustment.

The second design used a rubber stop inserted through a hole in the tab. I'm not aware of any problems with these but if the rubber is missing you should be able to just replace it with an ash tray bumper or any other small bumper.

My $0.02.

(My truck was built with the old style on the left side and the new style on the right)

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